1838 - 1917
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːno]; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was an influential German philosopher, psychologist, and former Catholic priest (withdrawn in 1873 due to the definition of papal infallibility in matters of Faith) whose work strongly influenced not only students Edmund Husserl, Sigmund Freud, Tomáš Masaryk, Rudolf Steiner, Alexius Meinong, Carl Stumpf, Anton Marty, Kazimierz Twardowski, and Christian von Ehrenfels, but many others whose work would follow and make use of his original ideas and concepts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Brentano has received more than 333,812 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Brentano is the 227th most popular philosopher (down from 217th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 378th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Philosopher.
Franz Brentano was a philosopher who is most famous for his work on the theory of intentionality.
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Among philosophers, Franz Brentano ranks 227 out of 1,089. Before him are Diotima of Mantinea, Joseph de Maistre, Paul Feyerabend, Hippasus, Julia Kristeva, and Slavoj Žižek. After him are Chilon of Sparta, Celsus, Epimenides, William Godwin, Thomas Carlyle, and Baltasar Gracián.
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 221
1753 - 1821
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 222
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 223
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 224
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 225
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 226
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 227
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 228
200 - Present
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 229
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 230
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 231
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 232
1601 - 1658
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 233
Among people born in 1838, Franz Brentano ranks 6. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Georges Bizet, Ernst Mach, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Max Bruch. After him are Ernest Solvay, Tobias Asser, Luís I of Portugal, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Émile Loubet, and Jan Matejko. Among people deceased in 1917, Franz Brentano ranks 12. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Buffalo Bill, Eduard Buchner, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Adolf von Baeyer. After him are Emil von Behring, John William Waterhouse, Scott Joplin, Emil Theodor Kocher, Dragutin Dimitrijević, and Ludwig Minkus.
1838 - 1865
HPI: 84.67
Rank: 1
1838 - 1875
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 2
1838 - 1916
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 3
1838 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 4
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 5
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 6
1838 - 1922
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 7
1838 - 1913
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 8
1838 - 1889
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 9
1838 - 1894
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 10
1838 - 1929
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 11
1838 - 1893
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 12
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 6
1838 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 7
1846 - 1917
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 8
1860 - 1917
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 9
1832 - 1917
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 10
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 12
1854 - 1917
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 13
1849 - 1917
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 14
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 15
1841 - 1917
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 16
1876 - 1917
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 17
1826 - 1917
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 18
Among people born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 403 out of 5,289. Before him are Lothar Matthäus (1961), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Carol I of Romania (1839), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Chlodio (393), and Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515). After him are Frederica of Hanover (1917), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Wilhelm List (1880), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Franz Bopp (1791), and Felix Klein (1849).
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 397
1758 - 1840
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 398
1839 - 1914
HPI: 74.72
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1844 - 1904
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 400
393 - 448
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 401
1515 - 1586
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 402
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 403
1917 - 1981
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 404
1933 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 405
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 406
1831 - 1899
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 407
1791 - 1867
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 408
1849 - 1925
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 409
Among philosophers born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 35. Before him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Max Scheler (1874), Max Stirner (1806), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Moses Mendelssohn (1729). After him are Ernst Bloch (1885), Hans Jonas (1903), Moritz Schlick (1882), Bruno Bauer (1809), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), and Adam of Bremen (null).
1602 - 1680
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 29
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 30
1874 - 1928
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 31
1806 - 1856
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 33
1729 - 1786
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 34
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 35
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 36
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 37
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 38
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 39
1096 - 1141
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 40
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 41