460 BC - 500 BC
Diogenes of Apollonia ( dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Ἀπολλωνιάτης, romanized: Diogénēs ho Apollōniátēs; fl. 5th century BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, and was a native of the Milesian colony Apollonia in Thrace. He lived for some time in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogenes of Apollonia has received more than 99,322 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Diogenes of Apollonia is the 202nd most popular philosopher (down from 194th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Philosopher.
Diogenes of Apollonia was a Greek mathematician and inventor who is most famous for inventing the astrolabe, an astronomical instrument that could be used to measure the angles of the sun, moon, and stars.
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Among philosophers, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 202 out of 1,081. Before him are Georgi Plekhanov, George Herbert Mead, Paulo Freire, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Apollonius of Tyana, and Gabriel Marcel. After him are Al-Ash'ari, Rudolf Carnap, Jean-François Lyotard, Moses Mendelssohn, Julia Kristeva, and Marsilius of Padua.
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 196
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 197
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 198
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 199
15 - 100
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 200
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 201
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 202
873 - 936
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 203
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 204
1924 - 1998
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 205
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 206
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 207
1275 - 1342
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 208
Among people born in 460 BC, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 4. Before him are Hippocrates, Democritus, and Thucydides. After him are Critias, Prodicus, and Verginia. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 9. Before him are Leucippus, Ānanda, Polykleitos, Artemisia I of Caria, Hippasus, and Rāhula. After him are Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Obadiah, Lars Porsena, Demaratus, and Polygnotus.
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 1
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
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460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
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460 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 67.75
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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460 BC - 449 BC
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 7
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 3
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 4
450 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 5
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 7
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 8
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 9
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 10
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.11
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587 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12
600 BC - 500 BC
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600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 61.90
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500 BC - 500 BC
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Among people born in Bulgaria, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 14 out of 372. Before him are Maximinus Thrax (173), Boris III of Bulgaria (1894), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Phocas (547), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), and Marcian (396). After him are Julia Kristeva (1941), Talaat Pasha (1874), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Kubrat (605), Saint Naum (830), and Boris I of Bulgaria (828).
173 - 238
HPI: 71.36
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1894 - 1943
HPI: 71.03
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1911 - 1998
HPI: 70.41
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547 - 610
HPI: 69.51
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864 - 927
HPI: 68.50
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396 - 457
HPI: 68.34
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460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
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1941 - Present
HPI: 67.64
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1874 - 1921
HPI: 66.28
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1937 - Present
HPI: 66.09
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605 - 665
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 18
830 - 910
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 19
828 - 907
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 20
Among philosophers born in Bulgaria, Diogenes of Apollonia ranks 1. After him are Julia Kristeva (1941) and Peter Deunov (1864).
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
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1941 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 2
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 3