PHILOSOPHER

Abu Yusuf

731 - 798

Abu Yusuf

Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (Arabic: يعقوب بن إبراهيم الأنصاري, romanized: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī), better known as Abu Yusuf (Arabic: أبو يوسف, romanized: Abū Yūsuf) (729–798) was a student of jurist Abu Hanifa (d.767) who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Islamic law through his writings and the government positions that he held. He served as the chief judge (qadi al-qudat) during reign of Harun al-Rashid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Yusuf has received more than 292,291 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abu Yusuf is the 304th most popular philosopher (up from 380th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 81st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

290k
Page Views (PV)
64.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
7.03
Effective Languages (L*)
2.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abu Yusuf ranks 304 out of 1,267. Before him are Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, Sebastian Brant, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. After him are Henri Lefebvre, Robert Nozick, Hwang Jini, Antoine Arnauld, Giovanni Gentile, and Félix Guattari.

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Otto Weininger
1880 - 1903
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 298
Franz Brentano
1838 - 1917
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 299
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1835 - 1901
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 300
Ramana Maharshi
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 301
Sebastian Brant
1458 - 1521
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 302
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 303
Abu Yusuf
731 - 798
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 304
Henri Lefebvre
1901 - 1991
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 305
Robert Nozick
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 306
Hwang Jini
1506 - 1544
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 307
Antoine Arnauld
1612 - 1694
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 308
Giovanni Gentile
1875 - 1944
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 309
Félix Guattari
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 310

Contemporaries

Among people born in 731, Abu Yusuf ranks 2. Before him is Abd al-Rahman I. After him are Telets of Bulgaria, and Ōtomo no Otomaro. Among people deceased in 798, Abu Yusuf ranks 1. After him are Trisong Detsen, and Beatus of Liébana.