610 - 685
Anania Shirakatsi (Old Armenian: Անանիա Շիրակացի, Anania Širakac’i, anglicized: Ananias of Shirak) was a 7th-century Armenian polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields. Little is known for certain of his life outside of his own writings, but he is considered the father of the exact and natural sciences in Armenia—the first Armenian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer.A part of the Armenian Hellenizing School and one of the few secular scholars in medieval Armenia, Anania was educated primarily by Tychicus, in Trebizond. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anania Shirakatsi has received more than 84,650 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Anania Shirakatsi is the 716th most popular philosopher (up from 812th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Armenian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Anania Shirakatsi ranks 716 out of 1,081. Before him are Arnold Geulincx, Hermann von Keyserling, Peter John Olivi, Daisaku Ikeda, Jakob Lorber, and Pantaenus. After him are Alexander Zinoviev, Li Zhi, Jean Vanier, Wonhyo, Leontion, and Mario Bunge.
1624 - 1669
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 710
1880 - 1946
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 711
1248 - 1298
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 712
1928 - 2023
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 713
1800 - 1864
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 714
200 - 216
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 715
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 716
1922 - 2006
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 717
1527 - 1602
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 718
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 719
617 - 686
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 720
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 721
1919 - 2020
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 722
Among people born in 610, Anania Shirakatsi ranks 8. Before him are Safiyya bint Huyayy, Abdullah ibn Umar, Pope Donus, Egica, Grimoald, King of the Lombards, and Godepert. After him is Pulakeshin II. Among people deceased in 685, Anania Shirakatsi ranks 5. Before him are Pope Benedict II, Marwan I, Constantine IV, and Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. After him are Catald, Hlothhere of Kent, and Ecgfrith of Northumbria.
610 - 670
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 2
610 - 693
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 3
610 - 678
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 4
610 - 702
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 5
610 - 671
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 6
610 - 662
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 7
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 8
610 - 642
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 9
635 - 685
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 1
623 - 685
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 2
652 - 685
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 3
648 - 685
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 4
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 5
700 - 685
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 6
700 - 685
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 7
645 - 685
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 8
Among people born in Armenia, Anania Shirakatsi ranks 25 out of 147. Before him are Tigranes III (-100), Sebeos (700), Olga Chekhova (1897), Karekin II (1951), Arno Babajanian (1921), and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935). After him are Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Alexander Arutiunian (1920), Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930), Karen Demirchyan (1932), and Ashot II of Armenia (849).
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 19
700 - 700
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 20
1897 - 1980
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 22
1921 - 1983
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 23
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 24
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 25
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 26
1920 - 2012
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 27
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 28
1930 - 1993
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 29
1932 - 1999
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 30
849 - 928
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 31
Among philosophers born in Armenia, Anania Shirakatsi ranks 2. Before him are George Gurdjieff (1866).