PHILOSOPHER
Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gautama Buddha has received more than 23,275,043 page views. His biography is available in 204 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 190 in 2019). Gautama Buddha is the 4th most popular philosopher (up from 7th in 2019), the most popular biography from Nepal and the most popular Nepalese Philosopher.
Gautama Buddha is most famous for being the founder of Buddhism. He is also famous for his teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
Memorability Metrics
23M
Page Views (PV)
91.48
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
204
Languages Editions (L)
14.63
Effective Languages (L*)
5.88
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Gautama Buddha ranks 4 out of 1,267. Before him are Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates. After him are Pythagoras, Confucius, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Aristotle
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 94.42
Rank: 1
Plato
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 94.10
Rank: 2
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 93.30
Rank: 3
Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 91.48
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 5
Confucius
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 90.71
Rank: 6
René Descartes
1596 - 1650
HPI: 89.91
Rank: 7
Immanuel Kant
1724 - 1804
HPI: 89.68
Rank: 8
Avicenna
980 - 1037
HPI: 89.47
Rank: 9
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712 - 1778
HPI: 88.61
Rank: 10
Niccolò Machiavelli
1469 - 1527
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 11
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844 - 1900
HPI: 86.89
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 566 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1. Among people deceased in 452 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.
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Among people born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1 out of 59. After him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Yaśodharā (-600), Maya (-600), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).
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PHILOSOPHER
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 91.48
Rank: 1
Tenzing Norgay
MOUNTAINEER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 2
Yaśodharā
POLITICIAN
600 BC - Present
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 3
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 4
Rāhula
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 5
Śuddhodana
POLITICIAN
590 BC - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 6
Mahapajapati Gotami
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 7
Prithvi Narayan Shah
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1775
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 8
Birendra of Nepal
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2001
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 9
Gyanendra of Nepal
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 10
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
CELEBRITY
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 11
Ram Baran Yadav
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Nepal
Among philosophers born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.
