PHILOSOPHER

Hippasus

600 BC - 500 BC

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Hippasus of Metapontum (; Ancient Greek: Ἵππασος ὁ Μεταποντῖνος, Híppasos; c. 530 – c. 450 BC) was a Greek philosopher and early follower of Pythagoras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hippasus has received more than 509,495 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Hippasus is the 147th most popular philosopher (up from 181st in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Italy (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Hippasus is most famous for his discovery of the irrationality of the square root of two.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hippasus ranks 147 out of 1,267. Before him are Hans Kelsen, Porphyry, Emanuel Swedenborg, Edith Stein, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Christian Wolff. After him are Max Stirner, György Lukács, Louis Althusser, Adi Shankara, Max Scheler, and Clement of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Hippasus ranks 9. Before him are Tomyris, Esther, Lucretia, Ānanda, Servius Tullius, and Peisistratos. After him are Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, Belshazzar, Alexander I of Macedon, Polycrates, and Maya. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Hippasus ranks 6. Before him are Esther, Myron, Ānanda, Leucippus, and Polykleitos. After him are Artemisia I of Caria, Diogenes of Apollonia, Rāhula, Obadiah, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta.

Others Born in 600 BC

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  • Photo of Tomyris

    Tomyris

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 81.14

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Esther

    Esther

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 79.63

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Lucretia

    Lucretia

    NOBLEMAN

    600 BC - 509 BC

    HPI: 79.61

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Ānanda

    Ānanda

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 78.44

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Servius Tullius

    Servius Tullius

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 535 BC

    HPI: 78.00

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Peisistratos

    Peisistratos

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 77.87

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Hippasus

    Hippasus

    PHILOSOPHER

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 75.28

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Yaśodharā

    Yaśodharā

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - Present

    HPI: 74.77

    Rank: 10

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    Cambyses I

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 559 BC

    HPI: 74.75

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 74.48

    Rank: 12

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    Alexander I of Macedon

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 454 BC

    HPI: 73.61

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Polycrates

    Polycrates

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 515 BC

    HPI: 72.72

    Rank: 14

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    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 72.71

    Rank: 15

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Others Deceased in 500 BC

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hippasus ranks 348 out of 5,161. Before him are Filippo Lippi (1406), Sallust (-86), Pope Nicholas I (800), Giulietta Masina (1921), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), and Enrico Dandolo (1107). After him are Bronzino (1503), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Pope Innocent I (378), and Roberto Benigni (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Hippasus ranks 16. Before him are Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Bonaventure (1221), Marsilio Ficino (1433), and Giambattista Vico (1668). After him are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Benedetto Croce (1866), Julius Evola (1898), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Giorgio Agamben (1942), and Theano (-600).

Italian born Philosophers

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