500 BC - Today
Cratylus ( KRAT-il-əs; Ancient Greek: Κρατύλος, Kratylos) was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the mid-late 5th century BC, known mostly through his portrayal in Plato's dialogue Cratylus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cratylus has received more than 122,970 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Cratylus is the 227th most popular philosopher (up from 236th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Greece (down from 125th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Cratylus is most famous for being Plato's most famous dialogue about the nature of language.
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Among philosophers, Cratylus ranks 227 out of 1,081. Before him are Paul Feyerabend, Giorgio Agamben, Milarepa, Bernard Bolzano, Bayazid Bastami, and Imre Lakatos. After him are Gaston Bachelard, Pelagius, Benjamin Constant, Michael Psellos, Al-Jahiz, and Josef Breuer.
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 221
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 222
1052 - 1135
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 223
1781 - 1848
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 224
804 - 874
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 225
1922 - 1974
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 226
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 227
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 228
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 229
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 230
1018 - 1078
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 231
775 - 868
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 232
1842 - 1925
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 233
Among people born in 500 BC, Cratylus ranks 11. Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, and Ictinus. After him are Xerxes II of Persia, Pāṇini, Pleistarchus, Zeuxis, Ajatashatru, and Nicias.
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 5
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 6
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 7
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 8
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 13
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 14
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 15
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 16
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 17
Among people born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 131 out of 936. Before him are Diotima of Mantinea (-450), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Ictinus (-500), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871). After him are Djemal Pasha (1872), Tyrtaeus (-700), Thespis (-600), Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), and Costa-Gavras (1933).
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 125
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 126
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 127
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 128
238 BC - 179 BC
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 129
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 130
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 131
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 132
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 133
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 134
171 - 189
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 135
450 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 136
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 137
Among philosophers born in Greece, Cratylus ranks 20. Before him are Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Melissus of Samos (-470), Diotima of Mantinea (-450), and Chilon of Sparta (-600). After him are Epimenides (-690), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Prodicus (-460), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), Pherecydes of Syros (-580), and Panaetius (-185).
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 14
150 - 215
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 15
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 16
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 17
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 18
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 19
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 20
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 22
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 23
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 24
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 25
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 26