1110 - 1185
Ibn Ṭufail (full Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي ʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik bin Muḥammad bin Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy al-ʾAndalusiyy; Latinized form: Abubacer Aben Tofail; Anglicized form: Abubekar or Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail; c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, and vizier.As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan (The Living Son of the Vigilant), considered a major work of Arabic literature emerging from Al-Andalus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Tufail has received more than 325,579 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ibn Tufail is the 215th most popular philosopher (down from 205th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Spain (down from 104th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Philosopher.
Ibn Tufail is most famous for his philosophical novel, "Hayy ibn Yaqzan" (meaning "Alive, son of Awake"). The book, written in Arabic, tells the story of a man who is raised in isolation on an island and discovers the world through his own observations and reasoning. The book was an early example of philosophical fiction and had a major influence on later European thinkers, including Gottfried Leibniz, Baruch Spinoza, and George Berkeley.
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Among philosophers, Ibn Tufail ranks 215 out of 1,081. Before him are Moses Mendelssohn, Julia Kristeva, Marsilius of Padua, Hasan al-Basri, Proclus, and Diotima of Mantinea. After him are Joseph de Maistre, Chilon of Sparta, Bias of Priene, Slavoj Žižek, Benedetto Croce, and Miguel de Unamuno.
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 209
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 210
1275 - 1342
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 211
642 - 728
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 212
412 - 485
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 213
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 214
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 215
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 216
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 217
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 218
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 219
1866 - 1952
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 220
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1110, Ibn Tufail ranks 2. Before him is Pope Lucius III. After him are John of Salisbury, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, García Ramírez of Navarre, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Robert de Boron, Kaykaus I, Maurice de Sully, John Tzetzes, Bertha of Sulzbach, and Rostislav I of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1185, Ibn Tufail ranks 7. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Pope Lucius III, Afonso I of Portugal, Chrétien de Troyes, Bhāskara II, and Andronikos I Komnenos. After him are Emperor Antoku, Agnes of Courtenay, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, John Kinnamos, Beatrice of Rethel, and Manuel Komnenos.
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 2
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3
1110 - 1174
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4
1110 - 1150
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 5
1110 - 1173
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 6
1110 - 1300
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1110 - 1220
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 8
1110 - 1196
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 9
1110 - 1180
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 10
1110 - 1159
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 11
1110 - 1167
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 12
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 2
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 3
1135 - 1185
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
1118 - 1185
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 6
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 7
1178 - 1185
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 8
1133 - 1185
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 9
1140 - 1185
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 10
1143 - 1185
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 11
1130 - 1185
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1143 - 1185
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 13
Among people born in Spain, Ibn Tufail ranks 117 out of 2,932. Before him are Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Vicente del Bosque (1950), Alfonso V of Aragon (1396), Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870), and Vincent of Saragossa (300). After him are Henry II of Navarre (1503), Seneca the Elder (-54), Pelagius of Asturias (685), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Manuel Azaña (1880), and Baltasar Gracián (1601).
1199 - 1252
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 111
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 112
1396 - 1458
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 113
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 114
1870 - 1930
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 115
300 - 304
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 116
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 117
1503 - 1555
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 118
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 119
685 - 737
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 120
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 121
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 122
1601 - 1658
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 123
Among philosophers born in Spain, Ibn Tufail ranks 8. Before him are Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Isidore of Seville (560), Ramon Llull (1232), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), and José Ortega y Gasset (1883). After him are Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Francisco de Vitoria (1483).
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 2
1165 - 1240
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 3
560 - 636
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 4
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 5
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 6
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 7
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 8
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 9
1601 - 1658
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 11
1240 - 1311
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 12
1089 - 1167
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 13
1483 - 1546
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 14