1126 - 1198
Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن رشد, romanized: Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English: ), was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics. The author of more than 100 books and treatises, his philosophical works include numerous commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was known in the Western world as The Commentator and Father of Rationalism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Averroes has received more than 2,222,559 page views. His biography is available in 103 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Averroes is the 28th most popular philosopher, the 7th most popular biography from Spain (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Philosopher.
Averroes is most famous for his commentaries on Aristotle.
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Among philosophers, Averroes ranks 28 out of 1,081. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer, Epicurus, Seneca the Younger, Erasmus, Auguste Comte, and Friedrich Engels. After him are Heraclitus, Parmenides, Baruch Spinoza, Martin Heidegger, Anaximander, and Al-Ghazali.
1788 - 1860
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 22
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 23
4 BC - 65
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 24
1466 - 1536
HPI: 83.50
Rank: 25
1798 - 1857
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 26
1820 - 1895
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 27
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 28
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 29
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 30
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 31
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 32
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 33
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1126, Averroes ranks 1. After him are William I of Sicily, Khaqani, Mieszko III the Old, Peter I of Courtenay, Michael the Syrian, John Doukas, Sibylla of Burgundy, and Anvari. Among people deceased in 1198, Averroes ranks 1. After him are Pope Celestine III, Constance, Queen of Sicily, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, William III of Sicily, Al-Aziz Uthman, Sophia of Minsk, Dulce of Aragon, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, Eustathius of Thessalonica, and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair.
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 1
1126 - 1166
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 3
1126 - 1202
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 4
1126 - 1183
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 5
1126 - 1199
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 6
1126 - 1200
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 7
1126 - 1150
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 8
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 9
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 1
1106 - 1198
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 2
1154 - 1198
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 3
1145 - 1198
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 4
1185 - 1198
HPI: 61.13
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1171 - 1198
HPI: 60.74
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1140 - 1198
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
1160 - 1198
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 8
1175 - 1198
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 9
1101 - 1198
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 10
1116 - 1198
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 11
Among people born in Spain, Averroes ranks 7 out of 2,932. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Antoni Gaudí (1852), and Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Theodosius I (340).
1881 - 1973
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 1
1904 - 1989
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 2
1547 - 1616
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 3
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 4
1852 - 1926
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 5
4 BC - 65
HPI: 83.70
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1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
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1599 - 1660
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 8
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 9
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
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1527 - 1598
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 11
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 12
340 - 395
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 13
Among philosophers born in Spain, Averroes ranks 2. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Ibn Arabi (1165), Isidore of Seville (560), Ramon Llull (1232), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Francisco Suárez (1548), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).
4 BC - 65
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 1
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
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1165 - 1240
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 3
560 - 636
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 4
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 5
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 6
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 7
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 8
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 9
1601 - 1658
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 11
1240 - 1311
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 12