490 - 570
John Philoponus (Greek: ; Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόπονος; c. 490 – c. 570), also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Byzantine Greek philologist, Aristotelian commentator, Christian theologian and an author of a considerable number of philosophical treatises and theological works. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Philoponus has received more than 234,675 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). John Philoponus is the 375th most popular philosopher (up from 422nd in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 186th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.
John Philoponus is most famous for his work on the Aristotelian theory of motion.
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Among philosophers, John Philoponus ranks 375 out of 1,081. Before him are Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Gennadius Scholarius, Jean Gerson, Haji Bektash Veli, and Gershom Scholem. After him are Pierre d'Ailly, Cleobulus, George Santayana, Maurice Halbwachs, Abu Yusuf, and Julius Caesar Scaliger.
1460 - 1537
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 369
1842 - 1906
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 370
1400 - 1473
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 371
1363 - 1429
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 372
1209 - 1271
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 373
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 374
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 375
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 376
590 BC - 510 BC
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 377
1863 - 1952
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 378
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 379
731 - 798
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 380
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 381
Among people born in 490, John Philoponus ranks 6. Before him are Pope Silverius, Bumin Qaghan, Pope Agapetus I, Romanos the Melodist, and Simplicius of Cilicia. After him are John the Lydian, John the Cappadocian, and Urien. Among people deceased in 570, John Philoponus ranks 2. Before him is Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib. After him are Gildas, Olympiodorus the Younger, Aregund, and Waldrada.
490 - 538
HPI: 66.82
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490 - 552
HPI: 66.13
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490 - 536
HPI: 65.80
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490 - 556
HPI: 63.20
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490 - 560
HPI: 62.32
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490 - 570
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490 - 600
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490 - 548
HPI: 53.26
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490 - 586
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 9
548 - 570
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Rank: 1
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 2
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
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515 - 570
HPI: 54.90
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530 - 570
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 6
Among people born in Egypt, John Philoponus ranks 174 out of 582. Before him are Hetepheres I (-2700), Intef II (-2150), Apepi (-1600), Bintanath (-1300), Cleopatra Selene of Syria (-130), and Taha Hussein (1889). After him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853), Neferirkare Kakai (-2483), Saadia Gaon (882), Cleopatra Thea (-164), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), and Antipope Dioscorus (500).
2700 BC - 2700 BC
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2150 BC - 2073 BC
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1600 BC - 1549 BC
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1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 61.66
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130 BC - 69 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 172
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
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490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
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1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
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2483 BC - 2480 BC
HPI: 61.28
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882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 177
164 BC - 121 BC
HPI: 61.25
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1500 - 1543
HPI: 61.20
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500 - 530
HPI: 61.01
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Among philosophers born in Egypt, John Philoponus ranks 8. Before him are Plotinus (203), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Philo (-15), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Sextus Empiricus (160), and Ammonius Saccas (175). After him are Saadia Gaon (882), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), Ammonius Hermiae (440), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832).
203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 2
295 - 373
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 3
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 4
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
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160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 6
175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 7
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
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882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 9
796 - 859
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Rank: 10
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 11
440 - 523
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12
495 - 570
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 13
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 14