796 - 859
Dhūl-Nūn Abū l-Fayḍ Thawbān b. Ibrāhīm al-Miṣrī (Arabic: ذو النون المصري; d. Giza, in 245/859 or 248/862), often referred to as Dhūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī or Zūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī for short, was an early Egyptian Muslim mystic and ascetic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dhul-Nun al-Misri has received more than 176,616 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dhul-Nun al-Misri is the 461st most popular philosopher (up from 499th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 213th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Dhul-Nun al-Misri ranks 461 out of 1,081. Before him are Phaedo of Elis, Norberto Bobbio, Adam Ferguson, Willard Van Orman Quine, Nelson Goodman, and Pierre Duhem. After him are Leo Strauss, George Pachymeres, John Toland, Shantideva, Stilpo, and Dicaearchus.
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 455
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 456
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 457
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 458
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 459
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 460
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 461
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 462
1242 - 1310
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 463
1670 - 1722
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 464
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 465
359 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 466
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 467
Among people born in 796, Dhul-Nun al-Misri ranks 3. Before him are Al-Mu'tasim and Lü Dongbin. After him is Lambert I of Nantes. Among people deceased in 859, Dhul-Nun al-Misri ranks 1. After him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Eulogius of Córdoba.
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1
796 - 870
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 2
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3
796 - 836
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 4
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1
810 - 859
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 2
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 3
Among people born in Egypt, Dhul-Nun al-Misri ranks 216 out of 582. Before him are Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Ibn Yunus (950), Hor (-1800), Abdel Halim Hafez (1929), Iry-Hor (-3101), and Prince Rahotep (-2700). After him are Achilles Tatius (200), Arnuwanda II (-1400), Takelot II (-900), Osorkon I (-1000), Al-Tahawi (853), and Yuya (-1500).
1879 - 1947
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 210
950 - 1009
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 211
1800 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 212
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 213
3101 BC - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 214
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 215
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 216
200 - 300
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 217
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 218
900 BC - 825 BC
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 219
1000 BC - 889 BC
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 220
853 - 935
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 221
1500 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 222
Among philosophers born in Egypt, Dhul-Nun al-Misri ranks 10. Before him are Philo (-15), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Sextus Empiricus (160), Ammonius Saccas (175), John Philoponus (490), and Saadia Gaon (882). After him are Valentinus (100), Ammonius Hermiae (440), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Julius Pollux (200), and Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946).
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 4
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 5
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 6
175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 7
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 8
882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 9
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 10
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 11
440 - 523
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 13
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 14
200 - 238
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 15
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 16