1933 - Today
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (19 May 1933 – 9 June 2021) was a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor, philosopher, and consultant. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward de Bono has received more than 673,067 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward de Bono is the 396th most popular philosopher (down from 368th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Malta 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 396 out of 1,089. Before him are Franz Rosenzweig, Ágnes Heller, Christian Thomasius, Daniel Dennett, Alexandre Koyré, and Johannes Althusius. After him are Thomas Cajetan, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Pierre d'Ailly, Arnobius, and Bernard of Chartres.
1886 - 1929
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 390
1929 - 2019
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 391
1655 - 1728
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 392
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 393
1892 - 1964
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 394
1563 - 1638
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 395
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 396
1469 - 1534
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 397
1460 - 1537
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 398
1775 - 1833
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 399
1350 - 1420
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 400
255 - 327
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 401
1070 - 1130
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1933, Edward de Bono ranks 65. Before him are Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Danny Aiello, Edmund Phelps, Henri, Count of Paris, Yasukazu Tanaka, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko. After him are Piero Manzoni, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David McCallum, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Cormac McCarthy, and Robert Shavlakadze.
1933 - 2012
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 59
1933 - 2019
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 60
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 61
1933 - 2019
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 62
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 63
1933 - 2017
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 64
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 65
1933 - 1963
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 66
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 67
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 68
1933 - 1981
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 69
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 70
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 71
Among people born in Malta, Edward de Bono ranks 2 out of 53. Before him are Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876). After him are George Vella (1942), Frans Sammut (1945), Agatha Barbara (1923), George Abela (1948), Guido de Marco (1931), Eddie Fenech Adami (1934), Prosper Grech (1925), Anthony Mamo (1909), Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (1958), and Saint Publius (100).
1876 - 1936
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 3
1945 - 2011
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 4
1923 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 6
1931 - 2010
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 7
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 8
1925 - 2019
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 9
1909 - 2008
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 10
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 11
100 - 112
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in Malta, Edward de Bono ranks 1.