The Most Famous
Philosophers from Lebanon
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
Porphyry
233 - 305
HPI 80.0655 langsPorphyry 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
Zeno of Sidon
150 BC - 75 BC
HPI 64.8924 langsEpicurean philosopher from the Phoenician city of Sidon (150-c. 75 BCE)
- #3
Maximus of Tyre
200 - 200
HPI 63.5421 langs2nd century Greek rhetorician and philosopher
- #4
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī
1547 - 1621
HPI 61.2021 langsIranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet
- #5
Antoun Saadeh
1904 - 1949
HPI 60.4619 langsLebanese politician (1904-1949)
