25 - 95
Gaius Musonius Rufus (; Greek: Μουσώνιος Ῥοῦφος) was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero and so was sent into exile in 65 AD, returning to Rome only under Galba. He was allowed to stay in Rome when Vespasian banished all other philosophers from the city in 71 AD although he was eventually banished anyway, returning only after Vespasian's death. A collection of extracts from his lectures still survives. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Musonius Rufus has received more than 163,958 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gaius Musonius Rufus is the 518th most popular philosopher (up from 568th in 2019), the 1,519th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,620th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Italian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Gaius Musonius Rufus ranks 518 out of 1,081. Before him are Zeno of Sidon, Harriet Taylor Mill, Victor Cousin, Vasishtha, Liu Bowen, and André Gorz. After him are Zou Yan, Karl Korsch, Guillaume Budé, Antony Flew, Saul Kripke, and Carl Stumpf.
150 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 512
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 513
1792 - 1867
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 514
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 515
1311 - 1375
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 516
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 517
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 518
305 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 519
1886 - 1961
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 520
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 521
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 522
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 523
1848 - 1936
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 524
Among people born in 25, Gaius Musonius Rufus ranks 3. Before him are Gaius Julius Vindex and Gaius Julius Civilis. After him is Publius Petronius Turpilianus. Among people deceased in 95, Gaius Musonius Rufus ranks 2. Before him is Gaius Valerius Flaccus. After him is Titus Flavius Clemens.
25 - 68
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1
25 - 100
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 2
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 3
25 - 68
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4
45 - 95
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 2
50 - 95
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 3
Among people born in Italy, Gaius Musonius Rufus ranks 1,519 out of 4,668. Before him are Amintore Fanfani (1908), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Paul of the Cross (1694), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), and Lorenzo Buffon (1929). After him are Gino Cervi (1901), Francesco Gasparini (1668), Nino Castelnuovo (1936), Giovanni Gronchi (1887), Marino Faliero (1274), and Matteo Carcassi (1792).
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,513
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,514
1694 - 1775
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,515
1890 - 1979
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,516
1588 - 1665
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,517
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,518
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,519
1901 - 1974
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,520
1668 - 1727
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,521
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,522
1887 - 1978
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,523
1274 - 1355
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1,524
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,525
Among philosophers born in Italy, Gaius Musonius Rufus ranks 38. Before him are Brunetto Latini (1220), Norberto Bobbio (1909), Dicaearchus (-350), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Thomas Cajetan (1469), and Gaetano Mosca (1858). After him are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Cesare Ripa (1555), Myia (-600), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Bernardino Telesio (1509), and Silvia Federici (1942).
1220 - 1294
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 32
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 33
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 34
1378 - 1446
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 35
1469 - 1534
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 36
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 37
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 38
1667 - 1733
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 39
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 40
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 41
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 42
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 43
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 44