The Most Famous

Philosophers from Lebanon

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This page contains a list of the greatest Lebanese Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 5 of which were born in Lebanon. This makes Lebanon the birth place of the 34th most number of Philosophers behind Brazil and Tunisia.

Top 5 Lebanese Philosophers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Lebanese Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Lebanese Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

  1. #1
    Photo of Porphyry

    Porphyry

    233 - 305

    HPI 80.0655 langs
    Porphyry is a type of igneous rock with a large percentage of crystals. It is most famous for being used in the construction of the Pantheon...Read moreShow less

    Porphyry is a type of igneous rock with a large percentage of crystals. It is most famous for being used in the construction of the Pantheon in Rome.

  2. #2
    Photo of Zeno of Sidon

    Zeno of Sidon

    150 BC - 75 BC

    HPI 64.8924 langs

    Epicurean philosopher from the Phoenician city of Sidon (150-c. 75 BCE)

  3. #3
    Photo of Maximus of Tyre

    Maximus of Tyre

    200 - 200

    HPI 63.5421 langs

    2nd century Greek rhetorician and philosopher

  4. #4
    Photo of Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī

    Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī

    1547 - 1621

    HPI 61.2021 langs

    Iranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet

  5. #5
    Photo of Antoun Saadeh

    Antoun Saadeh

    1904 - 1949

    HPI 60.4619 langs

    Lebanese politician (1904-1949)

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