PHILOSOPHER
Gabriel Biel
1418 - 1495
Gabriel Biel
Gabriel Biel (German: [biːl]; 1420 to 1425 – 7 December 1495) was a German scholastic philosopher and member of the Canons Regular of the Congregation of Windesheim, who were the clerical counterpart to the Brethren of the Common Life. Biel was born in Speyer and died in Einsiedel near Tübingen. In 1432 he was ordained to the priesthood and entered Heidelberg University to obtain a baccalaureate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Biel has received more than 64,638 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Biel is the 923rd most popular philosopher (down from 835th in 2019), the 3,236th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,694th in 2019) and the 114th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Gabriel Biel ranks 923 out of 1,081. Before him are Dirck Coornhert, Vallabha, Leo Löwenthal, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Huang Zongxi, and Thrasyllus of Mendes. After him are Wei Yuan, Ajita Kesakambali, Édouard Le Roy, Lysander Spooner, Charondas, and Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke.
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HPI: 50.87
Rank: 923
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HPI: 50.81
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HPI: 50.80
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HPI: 50.77
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HPI: 50.75
Rank: 927
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600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 50.75
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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 929
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1418, Gabriel Biel ranks 8. Before him are Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Anne of Cyprus, John II of Cyprus, Agostino di Duccio, Peter II, Duke of Brittany, and Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1495, Gabriel Biel ranks 15. Before him are Jacob Sprenger, Vlad Călugărul, Magdalena of France, Jasper Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, and Pedro González de Mendoza.
Others Born in 1418
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Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
1418 - 1463
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 2
Anne of Cyprus
1418 - 1462
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 3
John II of Cyprus
1418 - 1458
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 4
Agostino di Duccio
1418 - 1481
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 5
Peter II, Duke of Brittany
1418 - 1457
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 6
Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1418 - 1478
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 7
Gabriel Biel
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 8
Others Deceased in 1495
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Jacob Sprenger
1435 - 1495
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 9
Vlad Călugărul
1425 - 1495
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 10
Magdalena of France
1443 - 1495
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 11
Jasper Tudor
1431 - 1495
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 12
Elizabeth Tudor
1492 - 1495
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 13
Pedro González de Mendoza
1428 - 1495
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 14
Gabriel Biel
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 15
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Gabriel Biel ranks 3,236 out of 6,142. Before him are Andreas Gursky (1955), Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg (1364), Peter von Hess (1792), William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1593), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756), and Alice Schwarzer (1942). After him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), Felix Draeseke (1835), Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731), and Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853).
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Andreas Gursky
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,230
Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg
1364 - 1417
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,231
Peter von Hess
1792 - 1871
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 3,232
William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
1593 - 1677
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 3,233
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1756 - 1808
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,234
Alice Schwarzer
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,235
Gabriel Biel
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,236
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,237
Heinrich Tessenow
1876 - 1950
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,238
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
1854 - 1925
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,239
Felix Draeseke
1835 - 1913
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 3,240
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1731 - 1810
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 3,241
Ernst Otto Beckmann
1853 - 1923
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 3,242
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany
Among philosophers born in Germany, Gabriel Biel ranks 114. Before him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736), Erich Neumann (1905), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802), Albrecht Ritschl (1822), and Leo Löwenthal (1900). After him are Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Rudolf Stammler (1856), Heymann Steinthal (1823), Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), and Robert Spaemann (1927).
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
1736 - 1807
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 108
Erich Neumann
1905 - 1960
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 109
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
1873 - 1962
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 110
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
1802 - 1872
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 111
Albrecht Ritschl
1822 - 1889
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 112
Leo Löwenthal
1900 - 1993
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 113
Gabriel Biel
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 114
Carl Dahlhaus
1928 - 1989
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 115
Rudolf Stammler
1856 - 1938
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 116
Heymann Steinthal
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 117
Josef Pieper
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 118
Friedrich Paulsen
1846 - 1908
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 119
Robert Spaemann
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 120
