1933 - 2021
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (19 May 1933 – 9 June 2021) was a Maltese physician and commentator. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward de Bono has received more than 824,765 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Edward de Bono is the 361st most popular philosopher (up from 396th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Malta (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Philosopher.
Edward de Bono is a Maltese physician and psychologist. He is most famous for his work in the fields of creative thinking and lateral thinking.
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Among philosophers, Edward de Bono ranks 361 out of 1,081. Before him are Nachmanides, Uriel da Costa, Macrobius, Alexandre Kojève, Mulla Sadra, and Ronald Dworkin. After him are Günther Anders, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Archelaus, Johann Georg Hamann, Moses Hess, and Masanobu Fukuoka.
1194 - 1270
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 355
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 356
370 - 430
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 357
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 358
1571 - 1636
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 359
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 360
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 361
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 362
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 363
500 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 364
1730 - 1788
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 365
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 366
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 367
Among people born in 1933, Edward de Bono ranks 60. Before him are Henri, Count of Paris, Ali Shariati, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Larry King, and Ilia II of Georgia. After him are Corazon Aquino, Than Shwe, Edmund Phelps, Henryk Górecki, Tomislav Ivić, and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. Among people deceased in 2021, Edward de Bono ranks 63. Before him are George Jung, E. O. Wilson, Idriss Déby, Nawal El Saadawi, John McAfee, and Larry King. After him are Noah Gordon, Dean Stockwell, Pat Hitchcock, Norodom Ranariddh, Kåre Willoch, and Bernard Tapie.
1933 - 2019
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 54
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 55
1933 - 1981
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 56
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 57
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 58
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 59
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 60
1933 - 2009
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 61
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 62
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 63
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 64
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 65
1933 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 66
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 57
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 58
1952 - 2021
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 59
1931 - 2021
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 60
1945 - 2021
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 61
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 62
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 63
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 64
1936 - 2021
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 65
1928 - 2021
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 66
1944 - 2021
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 67
1928 - 2021
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 68
1943 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 69
Among people born in Malta, Edward de Bono ranks 3 out of 66. Before him are Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876) and George Vella (1942). After him are Agatha Barbara (1923), Frans Sammut (1945), George Abela (1948), Guido de Marco (1931), Anthony Mamo (1909), Eddie Fenech Adami (1934), Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (1958), Saint Publius (100), and Prosper Grech (1925).
1876 - 1936
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 3
1923 - 2002
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 4
1945 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 6
1931 - 2010
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 7
1909 - 2008
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 8
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 10
100 - 112
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 11
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in Malta, Edward de Bono ranks 1.