154 - 222
Bardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; Syriac: ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ, Bar Dayṣān; also Bardaiṣan), known in Arabic as ibn Dayṣān (Arabic: ابن ديصان) and in Latin as Bardesanes, was a Syriac-speaking Assyrian Christian writer and teacher with a gnostic background, and founder of the Bardaisanites. A scientist, scholar, astrologer, philosopher, hymnwriter, and poet, Bardaisan was also renowned for his knowledge of India, on which he wrote a book, now lost. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bardaisan has received more than 133,891 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Bardaisan is the 623rd most popular philosopher (down from 584th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 530th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Turkish Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Bardaisan ranks 623 out of 1,081. Before him are Guarino da Verona, Giles of Rome, Florian Znaniecki, Jean Hyppolite, Ernst Moritz Arndt, and Al-Taftazani. After him are Philo of Larissa, Manuel Chrysoloras, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Ernst Nolte, and Andreas Karlstadt.
1374 - 1460
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 617
1243 - 1316
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 618
1882 - 1958
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 619
1907 - 1968
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 620
1769 - 1860
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 621
1322 - 1390
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 622
154 - 222
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 623
145 BC - 79 BC
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 624
1355 - 1415
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 625
1904 - 1991
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 626
1781 - 1832
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 627
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 628
1486 - 1541
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 629
Among people born in 154, Bardaisan ranks 2. Before him is Yuan Shao. Among people deceased in 222, Bardaisan ranks 7. Before him are Elagabalus, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Julia Soaemias, Gan Ning, and Huang Gai. After him are Annia Faustina and Hierocles.
203 - 222
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 1
169 - 222
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2
176 - 222
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 3
180 - 222
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 4
175 - 222
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 5
145 - 222
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 6
154 - 222
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 7
201 - 222
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 8
200 - 222
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 9
Among people born in Turkey, Bardaisan ranks 596 out of 1,301. Before him are Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), Daniel the Stylite (409), Maximus Planudes (1260), Rufinus (335), Martina (598), and Tuncel Kurtiz (1936). After him are Andronikos Doukas (1006), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), John of Ephesus (507), Alexios III of Trebizond (1338), Rusa II (-800), and Anna Dalassene (1030).
200 - 200
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 590
409 - 490
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 591
1260 - 1305
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 592
335 - 395
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 593
598 - 641
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 594
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 595
154 - 222
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 596
1006 - 1077
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 597
1355 - 1415
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 598
507 - 588
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 599
1338 - 1390
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 600
800 BC - 639 BC
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 601
1030 - 1105
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 602
Among philosophers born in Turkey, Bardaisan ranks 36. Before him are Themistius (317), Crates of Mallus (-200), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Diogenes of Oenoanda (200), and Maximus Planudes (1260). After him are Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Diodorus Cronus (-400), Nausiphanes (-400), John Argyropoulos (1415), Maximus of Ephesus (310), and Crantor (-400).
317 - 388
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 30
200 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 31
331 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 32
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 33
200 - 200
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 34
1260 - 1305
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 35
154 - 222
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 36
1355 - 1415
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 37
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 38
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 39
1415 - 1487
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 40
310 - 372
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 41
400 BC - 276 BC
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 42