1110 - 1185
Ibn Tufail (full Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; Latinized form: Abubacer Aben Tofail; Anglicized form: Abubekar or Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail; c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official. As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Tufail has received more than 211,440 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ibn Tufail is the 205th most popular philosopher (up from 226th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Spain (up from 131st 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 205 out of 1,089. Before him are Benjamin Constant, Rudolf Carnap, Moses Mendelssohn, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Georgi Plekhanov, Bayazid Bastami, Benedetto Croce, Pelagius, Muhammad Abduh, and Melissus of Samos.
1767 - 1830
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 199
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 200
1729 - 1786
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 201
500 - 510
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 202
1714 - 1780
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 203
1021 - 1058
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 204
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 205
1856 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 206
804 - 874
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 207
1866 - 1952
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 208
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 209
1849 - 1905
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 210
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 211
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, Maurice de Sully, Robert de Boron, Bertha of Sulzbach, John Tzetzes, Kaykaus I, and Abraham ibn Daud. Among people deceased in 1185, Ibn Tufail ranks 6. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Afonso I of Portugal, Pope Lucius III, Chrétien de Troyes, and Andronikos I Komnenos. After him are Bhāskara II, Emperor Antoku, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, Agnes of Courtenay, John Kinnamos, and Beatrice of Rethel.
1110 - 1185
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 2
1110 - 1180
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3
1110 - 1174
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 4
1110 - 1150
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 5
1110 - 1173
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 6
1110 - 1196
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 7
1110 - 1300
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 8
1110 - 1159
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 9
1110 - 1180
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 10
1110 - 1220
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1110 - 1180
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 12
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 1
1109 - 1185
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 2
1110 - 1185
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 3
1135 - 1185
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 4
1118 - 1185
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 5
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 6
1114 - 1185
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 7
1178 - 1185
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 8
1140 - 1185
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 9
1133 - 1185
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 10
1143 - 1185
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 11
1130 - 1185
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Ibn Tufail ranks 104 out of 2,595. Before him are Joaquín Rodrigo (1901), Antonio Banderas (1960), Pablo Casals (1876), Avempace (1080), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Francisco Gento (1933), Francisco Tárrega (1852), José Carreras (1946), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), and Dolores Ibárruri (1895).
1901 - 1999
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 98
1960 - Present
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 99
1876 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 100
1080 - 1138
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 101
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 102
1021 - 1058
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 103
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 104
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 105
1852 - 1909
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 106
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 107
1328 - 1423
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 108
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 109
1895 - 1989
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 110
Among philosophers born in Spain, Ibn Tufail ranks 8. Before him are Averroes (1126), Isidore of Seville (560), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Juan Luis Vives (1492).
1126 - 1198
HPI: 86.62
Rank: 2
560 - 636
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 3
1165 - 1240
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 4
1232 - 1316
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 5
1883 - 1955
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 6
1021 - 1058
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 7
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 8
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 9
1601 - 1658
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 10
1089 - 1167
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 11
1548 - 1617
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 12
1240 - 1311
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1492 - 1540
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 14