500 BC - 428 BC
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 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Anaxagoras is the 58th most popular philosopher (up from 74th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 44th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Philosopher.
Anaxagoras was most famous for his theory that the sun is a red-hot stone, and that the moon is made of earth.
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Among philosophers, Anaxagoras ranks 58 out of 1,081. Before him are Karl Popper, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Lucretius, Plotinus, and Henri Bergson. After him are Herbert Spencer, Mikhail Bakunin, Edmund Husserl, Gorgias, Pliny the Elder, and Ludwig Feuerbach.
1902 - 1994
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 52
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 53
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 54
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 55
203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 56
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 57
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 58
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 59
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 60
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 61
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 62
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 63
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
Among people born in 500 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 1. After him are Myron, Leucippus, Xanthippe, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, Ictinus, Cratylus, and Xerxes II of Persia. Among people deceased in 428 BC, Anaxagoras ranks 1. After him is Phormio.
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 1
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 2
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 3
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 4
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 5
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 6
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 7
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 8
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Anaxagoras ranks 36 out of 1,301. Before him are Basil of Caesarea (329), Luke the Evangelist (31), Helena (250), Mimar Sinan (1490), Mehmed I (1386), and John Chrysostom (349). After him are Suleiman II (1642), Orhan (1288), Alp Arslan (1029), Heraclius (575), Mahidevran (1500), and Mehmed VI (1861).
329 - 379
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 30
31 - 84
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 31
250 - 330
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 32
1490 - 1588
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 33
1386 - 1421
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 34
349 - 407
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 35
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 36
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 37
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 38
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 39
575 - 641
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 40
1500 - 1581
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 41
1861 - 1926
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 42
Among philosophers born in Turkey, Anaxagoras ranks 5. Before him are Thales of Miletus (-623), Heraclitus (-535), Anaximander (-610), and Diogenes (-404). After him are Epictetus (50), Xenophanes (-570), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Chrysippus (-281), and Posidonius (-135).
623 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 1
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 2
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 3
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 4
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 5
50 - 135
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 6
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 7
329 - 389
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 8
585 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 9
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 10
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 11
135 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12