Philosopher
Anton Wilhelm Amo
Ghanaian-German philosopher
1703 - 1759
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Anton Wilhelm Amo
His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Anton Wilhelm Amo is the 654th most popular philosopher (up from 722nd in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Ghanaian Philosopher.
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Among Philosophers
Among philosophers, Anton Wilhelm Amo ranks 654 out of 1,267. Before him are Yang Xiong, Hemachandra, Émile Chartier, Olaf Stapledon, Eric Voegelin, and Jaakko Hintikka. After him are Stein Rokkan, Amalric of Bena, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Maximus of Ephesus, Wang Bi, and Ravidas.
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Anton Wilhelm Amo
1703 - 1759
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 654
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HPI: 63.85
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1703, Anton Wilhelm Amo ranks 8. Before him are François Boucher, Marie Leszczyńska, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, and Jonathan Edwards. After him are Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Jean-François Séguier, and Vasily Trediakovsky. Among people deceased in 1759, Anton Wilhelm Amo ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand VI of Spain, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Carl Heinrich Graun. After him are Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Sedjefakare, James Wolfe, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, and Ewald Christian von Kleist.
Others Born in 1703
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François Boucher
PAINTER
1703 - 1770
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 2
Marie Leszczyńska
COMPANION
1703 - 1768
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 3
John Wesley
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1703 - 1791
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 4
Louis, Duke of Orléans
POLITICIAN
1703 - 1752
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 5
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1762
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 6
Jonathan Edwards
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1758
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 7
Anton Wilhelm Amo
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1759
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 8
Johann Theodor of Bavaria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1703 - 1763
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 9
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
POLITICIAN
1703 - 1732
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
Aleksei Chirikov
EXPLORER
1703 - 1748
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 11
Johann Gottlieb Graun
COMPOSER
1703 - 1771
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 12
Jean-François Séguier
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1703 - 1784
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 13
Vasily Trediakovsky
WRITER
1703 - 1769
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1759
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Ferdinand VI of Spain
POLITICIAN
1713 - 1759
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 3
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
MATHEMATICIAN
1698 - 1759
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 4
Louise Henriette de Bourbon
NOBLEMAN
1726 - 1759
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 5
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
POLITICIAN
1709 - 1759
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 6
Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
POLITICIAN
1727 - 1759
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 7
Carl Heinrich Graun
COMPOSER
1704 - 1759
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 8
Anton Wilhelm Amo
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1759
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 9
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1712 - 1759
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 10
Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay
ECONOMIST
1712 - 1759
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 11
Sedjefakare
POLITICIAN
1750 BC - 1759
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 12
James Wolfe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1727 - 1759
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 13
Nicolaus I Bernoulli
MATHEMATICIAN
1687 - 1759
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 14
Ewald Christian von Kleist
WRITER
1715 - 1759
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 15
In Ghana
Among people born in Ghana, Anton Wilhelm Amo ranks 12 out of NaN. Before him are Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), and Jerry Rawlings (1947). After him are Peter Mensah (1959), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Michael Essien (1982), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Peter Poreku Dery (1918), and Clement Quartey (1938).
Others born in Ghana
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Nana Akufo-Addo
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 6
Marcel Desailly
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 7
Sylvanus Olympio
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1963
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 8
Abedi Pele
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
John Kufuor
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 10
Jerry Rawlings
POLITICIAN
1947 - 2020
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 11
Anton Wilhelm Amo
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1759
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 12
Peter Mensah
ACTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 13
Efua Dorkenoo
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1949 - 2014
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 14
Michael Essien
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 15
Ama Ata Aidoo
WRITER
1942 - 2023
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 16
Peter Poreku Dery
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1918 - 2008
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 17
Clement Quartey
BOXER
1938 - 2024
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 18
Among Philosophers In Ghana
Among philosophers born in Ghana, Anton Wilhelm Amo ranks 1.
