PHILOSOPHER

George Santayana

1863 - 1952

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George Santayana (b. Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States from the age of eight and identified as an American, yet always retained a valid Spanish passport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Santayana has received more than 1,992,718 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). George Santayana is the 384th most popular philosopher (down from 378th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Spain (down from 289th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

George Santayana is most famous for his quote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Santayana ranks 384 out of 1,267. Before him are Hilary Putnam, Masanobu Fukuoka, John of Salisbury, Plutarch of Athens, Saadia Gaon, and Karl Rahner. After him are J. L. Austin, E. H. Carr, Mulla Sadra, Paul Tillich, Peter Singer, and Étienne Gilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, George Santayana ranks 27. Before him are Alexandre Yersin, Gaston Doumergue, Werner Sombart, Max Wolf, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, and Franz Stuck. After him are Heinrich Rickert, Reinhard Scheer, William Randolph Hearst, Leo Baekeland, Annie Jump Cannon, and Essad Pasha Toptani. Among people deceased in 1952, George Santayana ranks 27. Before him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Hattie McDaniel, Robert Guérin, Jürgen Stroop, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Charles Maurras. After him are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Charles Scott Sherrington, Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, and John Langenus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 310 out of 3,355. Before him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Thérésa Tallien (1773), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Pedro Cea (1900), and Isidore the Laborer (1080). After him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Gérard Encausse (1865), César Manrique (1919), Alfonso II of Asturias (759), Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), and Lluís Llach (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, George Santayana ranks 17. Before him are Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), and Nachmanides (1194). After him are Francisco Ferrer (1859), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Luis de Molina (1535), María Zambrano (1904), Joseph Albo (1380), and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606).

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