385 BC - 322 BC
Heraclides Ponticus (Greek: Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικός Herakleides; c. 390 BC – c. 310 BC) was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was born in Heraclea Pontica, now Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, and migrated to Athens. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heraclides Ponticus has received more than 182,094 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Heraclides Ponticus is the 318th most popular philosopher (up from 327th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 311th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Philosopher.
Heraclides Ponticus was a Greek philosopher and astronomer who was famous for his theory that the earth rotates on its axis.
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Among philosophers, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 318 out of 1,081. Before him are Isaac Abarbanel, Giovanni Gentile, Alfred Schütz, Thrasymachus, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Aenesidemus. After him are Jean-Luc Nancy, Gemistus Pletho, Alexandre Koyré, David Strauss, Moritz Schlick, and Henri Lefebvre.
1437 - 1508
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 312
1875 - 1944
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 313
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 314
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 315
1743 - 1819
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 316
80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 317
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 318
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 319
1355 - 1452
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 320
1892 - 1964
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 321
1808 - 1874
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 322
1882 - 1936
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 323
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 324
Among people born in 385 BC, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 1. After him are Shen Buhai and Mazaeus. Among people deceased in 322 BC, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 3. Before him are Diogenes and Demosthenes. After him are Hypereides, Leonnatus, Cleomenes of Naucratis, and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia.
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 1
385 BC - 337 BC
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 2
385 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 3
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 1
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 2
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 3
390 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 4
356 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 5
400 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 6
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 7
Among people born in Turkey, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 307 out of 1,301. Before him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635), Constantine Laskaris (1170), Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thrasymachus (-459), and Nebahat Çehre (1944). After him are Lydia of Thyatira (100), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Candaules (-800), Erasmus of Formia (300), Attalus III (-170), and Libanius (314).
1635 - 1676
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 301
1170 - 1205
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 302
36 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 303
1792 - 1828
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 304
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 305
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 306
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 307
100 - 100
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 308
1355 - 1452
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 309
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 310
300 - 303
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 311
170 BC - 133 BC
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 312
314 - 393
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 313
Among philosophers born in Turkey, Heraclides Ponticus ranks 23. Before him are Arcesilaus (-315), Xenocrates (-396), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Priscus (410), Cleanthes (-330), and Thrasymachus (-459). After him are Gemistus Pletho (1355), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Eubulides (-500), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), and George Pachymeres (1242).
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 17
396 BC - 314 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 18
200 - 215
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 19
410 - 471
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 20
330 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 21
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 22
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 23
1355 - 1452
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 24
335 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 25
1400 - 1473
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 26
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 27
1295 - 1360
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 28
1242 - 1310
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 29