
Origen
185 - 254
Origen is most famous for his allegorical interpretation of scripture.
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The top 10 Philosophers from Egypt trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.

1921 - 2009
Trending in Arabic (#43) Wikipedia (293 views, on Jul 13).
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptians Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,285 Philosophers, 23 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 13th most number of Philosophers behind Poland and Russia.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Egyptian Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Egyptian Philosophers.

185 - 254
Origen is most famous for his allegorical interpretation of scripture.

203 - 270
Plotinus is most famous for his work "Enneads," which is a collection of nine books that are organized into three groups. The first group is called "The One" and the second group is called "The Soul." The third group is called "The World." Plotinus argues that the world is a reflection of the soul, which is a reflection of the One.

295 - 373
Athanasius of Alexandria is most famous for his defense of Christianity in the 4th century.

15 BC - 45
Philo was a Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1st century CE. He is most famous for his allegorical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible.

160 - 210
Sextus Empiricus is most famous for his work "Outlines of Pyrrhonism." His work is a commentary on the teachings of Pyrrho of Elis, who was a skeptic philosopher.

1849 - 1905
Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905)

175 - 242
Ammonius Saccas is most famous for founding the Neo-Platonist school of philosophy.

490 - 570
John Philoponus is most famous for his work on the Aristotelian theory of motion.

882 - 942
Saadia Gaon was a rabbi, philosopher, and scientist who lived in the 10th century. He is most famous for his work on the Hebrew language and for his translation of the Torah into Arabic.

796 - 859
Sufi saint
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