401 - 500
Buddhaghosa was a 5th-century Indian Theravada Buddhist commentator, translator and philosopher. He worked in the Great Monastery (Mahāvihāra) at Anurādhapura, Sri Lanka and saw himself as being part of the Vibhajjavāda school and in the lineage of the Sinhalese Mahāvihāra.His best-known work is the Visuddhimagga ("Path of Purification"), a comprehensive summary of older Sinhala commentaries on Theravada teachings and practices. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddhaghosa has received more than 266,123 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Buddhaghosa is the 420th most popular philosopher (up from 520th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from India (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Buddhaghosa ranks 420 out of 1,081. Before him are Ernest Gellner, Vincent of Beauvais, Carl Gustav Hempel, Ernesto Laclau, Leszek Kołakowski, and Maine de Biran. After him are Peter Sloterdijk, Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, and Ge Hong.
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 414
1190 - 1264
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 415
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 416
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 417
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 418
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 419
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 420
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 421
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 422
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 423
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 424
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 425
284 - 364
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 426
Among people born in 401, Buddhaghosa ranks 4. Before him are Theodosius II, Leo I the Thracian, and Aelia Eudocia. After him are Emperor Ankō, Stobaeus, Mamertus, Barsanuphius, Hermias, Hilary of Arles, Nechtan Morbet, and Palladius. Among people deceased in 500, Buddhaghosa ranks 5. Before him are Vātsyāyana, Chandragupta II, Nonnus, and Zu Chongzhi. After him are Charaton, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Anthemius, Asclepigenia, Faustus of Byzantium, and Aedesia.
401 - 450
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 1
401 - 474
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 2
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 3
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 4
401 - 456
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 5
401 - 401
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 6
401 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 7
401 - 540
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 8
401 - 450
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 9
401 - 449
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 10
401 - 480
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 11
401 - 450
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 12
300 - 500
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 1
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 3
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 4
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 5
400 - 500
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 6
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 7
420 - 500
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 8
400 - 500
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 9
400 - 500
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 10
390 - 500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 11
500 - 500
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Buddhaghosa ranks 126 out of 1,493. Before him are Sushruta (-620), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), and Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936). After him are Mangal Pandey (1827), Vidyapati (1352), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), and Prithviraj Chauhan (1159).
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 120
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 121
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 122
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 123
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 124
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 125
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 126
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 127
1352 - 1448
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 128
1621 - 1675
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 129
1551 - 1602
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 130
1824 - 1883
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 131
1159 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 132
Among philosophers born in India, Buddhaghosa ranks 19. Before him are Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramanuja (1017), Jyotirao Phule (1827), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883). After him are Ravidas (1450), Madhvacharya (1199), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Shantideva (685), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703).
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 13
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 14
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 15
1017 - 1137
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 16
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 17
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 18
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 19
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 20
1199 - 1278
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 21
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 22
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 23
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 24
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 25