700 - 660
Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: chos kyi grags pa), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramāṇa) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra and Sautrāntika schools. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dharmakirti has received more than 227,751 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dharmakirti is the 526th most popular philosopher (up from 631st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Dharmakirti ranks 526 out of 1,081. Before him are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Hegesias of Cyrene, Huiyuan, Zaleucus, Al-Shahrastani, and Al-Baydawi. After him are Cesare Ripa, Chaïm Perelman, Crates of Mallus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marpa Lotsawa, and Berengar of Tours.
1667 - 1733
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 520
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 521
334 - 416
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 522
663 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 523
1086 - 1153
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 524
1201 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 525
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 526
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 527
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 528
200 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 529
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 530
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 531
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 532
Among people born in 700, Dharmakirti ranks 19. Before him are Abdullah ibn Saba', Paolo Lucio Anafesto, Plectrude, Wasil ibn Ata, Antipope Paschal, and Batbayan. After him are Artabasdos, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Ardo, Vergilius of Salzburg, Sebeos, and Marcello Tegalliano. Among people deceased in 660, Dharmakirti ranks 3. Before him are Saint Eligius and Wahshi ibn Harb. After him are Uija of Baekje, Gyebaek, Asma bint Umais, and Sigeberht the Good.
700 - 700
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 13
700 - 717
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 14
700 - 717
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 15
700 - 748
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 16
700 - 692
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 17
700 - 690
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 18
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 19
700 - 743
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 20
700 - 716
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 21
700 - 721
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 22
700 - 784
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 23
700 - 700
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 24
700 - 726
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 25
588 - 660
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 1
700 - 660
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 2
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 3
599 - 660
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 4
607 - 660
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 5
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 6
600 - 660
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 7
Among people born in Indonesia, Dharmakirti ranks 12 out of 126. Before him are Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), Anthony Fokker (1890), Gajah Mada (1290), and Mohammad Hatta (1902). After him are Jan Toorop (1858), Laura Gemser (1950), Anggun (1972), Diponegoro (1785), Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), and Kartini (1879).
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1940 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 8
1890 - 1939
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 9
1290 - 1364
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 10
1902 - 1980
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 11
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
1858 - 1928
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 13
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 14
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 15
1785 - 1855
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 16
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 17
1879 - 1904
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 18
Among philosophers born in Indonesia, Dharmakirti ranks 1.