PHILOSOPHER
Anaxagoras
500 BC - 428 BC
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras (; Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, Anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; c. 500 – c. 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anaxagoras has received more than 1,003,089 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Anaxagoras is the 51st most popular philosopher (up from 58th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Philosopher.
Anaxagoras was most famous for his theory that the sun is a red-hot stone, and that the moon is made of earth.
Memorability Metrics
1.0M
Page Views (PV)
78.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
79
Languages Editions (L)
14.62
Effective Languages (L*)
2.98
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Anaxagoras by language
Over the past year Anaxagoras has had the most page views in the Spanish wikipedia edition with 135,832 views, followed by English (116,331), and Russian (30,958). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sicilian (200.93%), Tatar (107.49%), and Kurdish (Kurmanji) (98.47%)
Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Anaxagoras ranks 51 out of 1,267. Before him are Origen, Protagoras, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Amos Comenius, Lucretius, and Hannah Arendt. After him are Plotinus, Michel Foucault, Thomas More, Henri Bergson, Karl Popper, and Zeno of Elea.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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Origen
185 - 254
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 45
Protagoras
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 46
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 47
John Amos Comenius
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 48
Lucretius
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 49
Hannah Arendt
1906 - 1975
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 50
Anaxagoras
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 51
Plotinus
203 - 270
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 52
Michel Foucault
1926 - 1984
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 53
Thomas More
1478 - 1535
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 54
Henri Bergson
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 55
Karl Popper
1902 - 1994
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 56
Zeno of Elea
490 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 57
Contemporaries
Among people born in 500 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 1. After him are Myron, Leucippus, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Xanthippe, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Ictinus, Cratylus, Cyrus the Younger, and Xerxes II of Persia. Among people deceased in 428 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 1. After him is Phormio.
Others Born in 500 BC
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PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 1
Myron
SCULPTOR
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 2
Leucippus
PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 3
Artaxerxes I of Persia
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 4
Xanthippe
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 5
Ezra
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 6
Artemisia I of Caria
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 7
Brennus
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 8
Ictinus
ARCHITECT
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 9
Cratylus
PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 10
Cyrus the Younger
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 11
Xerxes II of Persia
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 428 BC
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PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 1
Phormio
POLITICIAN
450 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 2
In Türkiye
Among people born in Türkiye, Anaxagoras ranks 31 out of 1,347. Before him are Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Luke the Evangelist (31), Mustafa I (1591), Orhan (1288), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), and Mehmed IV (1642). After him are Osman II (1604), Hesiod (-800), John Chrysostom (349), Bayezid I (1354), Mehmed I (1386), and Rachel (-3500).
Others born in Türkiye
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 25
Luke the Evangelist
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
31 - 84
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 26
Mustafa I
POLITICIAN
1591 - 1639
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 27
Orhan
POLITICIAN
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 28
Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire
POLITICIAN
1615 - 1648
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 29
Mehmed IV
POLITICIAN
1642 - 1693
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 30
Anaxagoras
PHILOSOPHER
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 31
Osman II
POLITICIAN
1604 - 1622
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 32
Hesiod
WRITER
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 33
John Chrysostom
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
349 - 407
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 34
Bayezid I
POLITICIAN
1354 - 1403
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 35
Mehmed I
POLITICIAN
1386 - 1421
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 36
Rachel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
3500 BC - 1553 BC
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 37
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Türkiye
Among philosophers born in Türkiye, Anaxagoras ranks 5. Before him are Heraclitus (-535), Thales of Miletus (-623), Diogenes (-404), and Anaximander (-610). After him are Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Leucippus (-500), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), and Chrysippus (-281).
Heraclitus
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 86.35
Rank: 1
Thales of Miletus
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 86.34
Rank: 2
Diogenes
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 3
Anaximander
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 4
Anaxagoras
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 5
Epictetus
50 - 135
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 6
Xenophanes
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 7
Gregory of Nazianzus
329 - 389
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 8
Ibn Taymiyyah
1263 - 1328
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 9
Leucippus
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 10
Anaximenes of Miletus
585 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 11
Chrysippus
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12
