600 - 550
Cosmas Indicopleustes (Koinē Greek: Κοσμᾶς Ἰνδικοπλεύστης, lit. 'Cosmas who sailed to India'; also known as Cosmas the Monk) was a merchant and later hermit from Alexandria in Egypt. He was a 6th-century traveller who made several voyages to India during the reign of emperor Justinian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cosmas Indicopleustes has received more than 183,570 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Cosmas Indicopleustes is the 100th most popular explorer (up from 101st in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Explorer.
Cosmas Indicopleustes is most famous for his book Christian Topography, which is a description of the world and the Christian holy sites.
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Among explorers, Cosmas Indicopleustes ranks 100 out of 405. Before him are Robert FitzRoy, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Willem Schouten, Ferdinand Columbus, and Mary Kingsley. After him are Frederick Cook, Pánfilo de Narváez, Bartholomew Columbus, Carsten Niebuhr, Sacagawea, and Pêro da Covilhã.
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 94
1510 - 1548
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 95
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 96
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 97
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 98
1862 - 1900
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 99
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 100
1865 - 1940
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 101
1478 - 1528
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 102
1460 - 1515
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 103
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 104
1780 - 1812
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 105
1450 - 1530
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 106
Among people born in 600, Cosmas Indicopleustes ranks 21. Before him are Pope Theodore I, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Rayhana bint Zayd, Bahram Chobin, Shahrbaraz, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. After him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Bayan I, Heraclius the Elder, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, and Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman. Among people deceased in 550, Cosmas Indicopleustes ranks 2. Before him is Aryabhata. After him are Damascius and Buddhapālita.
600 - 649
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 15
600 - 652
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 16
600 - 631
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 17
600 - 592
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 18
600 - 629
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 19
600 - 666
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 20
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 21
600 - 649
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 22
600 - 615
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 23
600 - 602
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 24
600 - 610
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 25
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 26
600 - 656
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 27
476 - 550
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 1
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 2
480 - 550
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 3
470 - 550
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 4
Among people born in Egypt, Cosmas Indicopleustes ranks 186 out of 582. Before him are Antipope Dioscorus (500), Tetisheri (-1600), Ahmose (-1504), Shepseskare (-2450), Tewfik Pasha (1852), and Al-Aziz Uthman (1171). After him are Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), Thamphthis (-2600), Al-Adid (1149), Pentawer (-1173), Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600), and Ahmes (-1680).
500 - 530
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 180
1600 BC - 1540 BC
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 181
1504 BC - 1492 BC
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 182
2450 BC - 2473 BC
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 183
1852 - 1892
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 184
1171 - 1198
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 185
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 186
1260 - 1293
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 187
2600 BC - 2560 BC
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 188
1149 - 1171
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 189
1173 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 190
1600 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 191
1680 BC - 1620 BC
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 192
Among explorers born in Egypt, Cosmas Indicopleustes ranks 1.