The Most Famous
Philosophers from Tunisia
This page contains a list of the greatest Tunisians Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 5 of which were born in Tunisia. This makes Tunisia the birth place of the 33rd most number of Philosophers behind Australia and Brazil.
Top 5 Philosophers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisians Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Tunisians Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Tertullian
155 - 220
HPI 78.0469 langsTertullian is most famous for his work "Apology" in which he argues that Christians are not disloyal to the Roman Empire.
- #2
Macrobius
370 - 430
HPI 68.8135 langsMacrobius is most famous for his commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio.
- #3
Arnobius
255 - 327
HPI 67.1132 langsArnobius is most famous for his "Against the Pagans" which is a polemical work that defends Christianity and attacks paganism.
