600 BC - 500 BC
Hippasus of Metapontum (; 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 462,031 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Hippasus is the 181st most popular philosopher (up from 224th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Italy (up from 556th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Philosopher.
Hippasus is most famous for his discovery of the irrationality of the square root of two.
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Among philosophers, Hippasus ranks 181 out of 1,081. Before him are José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Gassendi, Max Horkheimer, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Emmanuel Levinas, and Posidonius. After him are Han Fei, Jakob Böhme, Muhammad Abduh, Sextus Empiricus, Athanasius Kircher, and Melissus of Samos.
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 175
1592 - 1655
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 176
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 177
1715 - 1771
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 178
1906 - 1995
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 179
135 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 180
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 181
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 182
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 183
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 184
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 186
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 187
Among people born in 600 BC, Hippasus ranks 12. Before him are Peisistratos, Servius Tullius, Ānanda, Belshazzar, Cambyses I, and Pheidippides. After him are Maya, Alexander I of Macedon, Yaśodharā, Polycrates, Mardonius, and Chilon of Sparta. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Hippasus ranks 7. Before him are Esther, Myron, Leucippus, Ānanda, Polykleitos, and Artemisia I of Caria. After him are Rāhula, Diogenes of Apollonia, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Obadiah, and Lars Porsena.
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 6
600 BC - 535 BC
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 8
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 9
600 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 11
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 12
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 13
600 BC - 454 BC
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 14
600 BC - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 15
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 16
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 17
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 18
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 1
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 2
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 3
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 4
450 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 5
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 7
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 8
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 9
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 10
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 11
587 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 13
Among people born in Italy, Hippasus ranks 424 out of 4,668. Before him are Dino Zoff (1942), Tinto Brass (1933), Philolaus (-470), Pope Marcellus I (255), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), and Clara Petacci (1912). After him are Pope Benedict III (810), Pope Sergius IV (970), Pope Marinus II (932), Pope Celestine IV (1200), Arturo Toscanini (1867), and Gaius Maecenas (-68).
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 418
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 419
470 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 420
255 - 309
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 421
1845 - 1890
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 422
1912 - 1945
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 423
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 424
810 - 858
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 425
970 - 1012
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 426
932 - 946
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 427
1200 - 1241
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 428
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 429
68 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 430
Among philosophers born in Italy, Hippasus ranks 17. Before him are Boethius (480), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Marsilio Ficino (1433), Giambattista Vico (1668), Bonaventure (1221), and Cesare Beccaria (1738). After him are Marsilius of Padua (1275), Benedetto Croce (1866), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Theano (-600), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), and Julius Evola (1898).
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 11
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 12
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 13
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 14
1221 - 1274
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 15
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 16
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 17
1275 - 1342
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 18
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 20
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 21
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 22
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 23