The Most Famous
PHILOSOPHERS from Azerbaijan
This page contains a list of the greatest Azerbaijani Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 2 of which were born in Azerbaijan. This makes Azerbaijan the birth place of the 57th most number of Philosophers behind Mexico, and Nigeria.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Azerbaijani Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Azerbaijani Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pavel Florensky (1882 - 1937)
With an HPI of 61.27, Pavel Florensky is the most famous Azerbaijani Philosopher. His biography has been translated into 37 different languages on wikipedia.
Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; Russian: Па́вел Алекса́ндрович Флоре́нский; Armenian: Պավել Ֆլորենսկի, romanized: Pavel Florenski; 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1882 – December 8, 1937) was a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, polymath, neomartyr and folk saint. During the later twentieth century, statements had appeared noting a recognition by the Russian Orthodox Church of him as a saint, though it was later firmly noted that no such decision had been made.
2. Max Black (1909 - 1988)
With an HPI of 46.82, Max Black is the 2nd most famous Azerbaijani Philosopher. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Max Black (24 February 1909 – 27 August 1988) was an Azerbaijani-born British-American philosopher who was a leading figure in analytic philosophy in the years after World War II. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as Frege. His translation (with Peter Geach) of Frege's published philosophical writing is a classic text.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Azerbaijani philosophers born between 1882 and 1909. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Azerbaijani philosophers include Pavel Florensky, and Max Black.
