PHILOSOPHER

Francisco Sanches

1550 - 1623

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Francisco Sanches (c. 1550 – November 16, 1623) was a skeptic, philosopher and physician of Sephardi Jewish origin, born possibly in Tui, Spain or probably in Braga, Portugal (where he was baptized and grew up). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Sanches has received more than 67,951 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Sanches is the 800th most popular philosopher, the 857th most popular biography from Spain and the 25th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Francisco Sanches ranks 800 out of 1,267. Before him are Vincenzo Gioberti, Timon of Athens, Leo Löwenthal, Franz Neumann, Bernard Stiegler, and Kazimierz Łyszczyński. After him are Claude Lefort, Alain Finkielkraut, Gargi Vachaknavi, Volin, Calcidius, and Rambhadracharya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Francisco Sanches ranks 25. Before him are False Dmitry III, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, Orazio Vecchi, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. After him are Tang Xianzu, Man Singh I, Chand Bibi, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Vicente Espinel, and Juan de Oñate. Among people deceased in 1623, Francisco Sanches ranks 15. Before him are Kara Davud Pasha, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Paolo Sarpi, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, and Philippe de Mornay. After him are Antonio Priuli, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, William Camden, and Thomas Weelkes.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Sanches ranks 857 out of 3,355. Before him are Joseph Oller (1839), Pilar Bardem (1939), Manolo Escobar (1931), Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100), Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744), and Pedro Arias Dávila (1443). After him are Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Eduardo Fajardo (1924), Joseph Alcazar (1911), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Francisco Sanches ranks 25. Before him are Hasdai Crescas (1340), Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), Joseph Albo (1380), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), and Melchor Cano (1509). After him are Domingo de Soto (1494), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Lubna of Córdoba (922), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905).

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