566 BC - 452 BC
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 tradition, 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 (Sanskrit: śramaṇa). After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment 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 23,010,044 page views. His biography is available in 190 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 185 in 2019). Gautama Buddha is the 7th most popular philosopher (down from 5th 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.
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Among philosophers, Gautama Buddha ranks 7 out of 1,081. Before him are Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Pythagoras, and René Descartes. After him are Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Avicenna, John Locke, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
Rank: 2
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
Rank: 3
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 91.76
Rank: 4
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 5
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 6
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 90.82
Rank: 7
1724 - 1804
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 8
1712 - 1778
HPI: 89.83
Rank: 9
980 - 1037
HPI: 89.56
Rank: 10
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 11
1469 - 1527
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 12
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 13
Among people born in 566 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1. Among people deceased in 452 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.
Among people born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1 out of 55. After him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Sita (null), Maya (-600), Rāhula (-534), Yaśodharā (-600), Śuddhodana (-590), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Janaka (null), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), and Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723).
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 90.82
Rank: 1
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 2
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 3
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 4
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 5
600 BC - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 6
590 BC - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 7
600 BC - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 8
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 9
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 11
1723 - 1775
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.