1883 - 1955
José Ortega y Gasset (Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣaj ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Ortega y Gasset has received more than 870,204 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. José Ortega y Gasset is the 175th most popular philosopher (up from 188th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Spain (up from 85th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Philosopher.
Ortega y Gasset is most famous for his idea of the "revolt of the masses" in which he believes that the masses have become more important than the individual.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among philosophers, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 175 out of 1,081. Before him are Porphyry, Max Scheler, Jean Buridan, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Karl Kautsky, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Max Horkheimer, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Emmanuel Levinas, Posidonius, and Hippasus.
233 - 305
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 169
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 170
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 171
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 172
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 173
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 174
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
Among people born in 1883, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 13. Before him are Khalil Gibran, Joseph Schumpeter, Anton Webern, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and Lev Kamenev. After him are Clement Attlee, Grigory Zinoviev, Napoleon Hill, Morihei Ueshiba, Otto Heinrich Warburg, and Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria. Among people deceased in 1955, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, Thomas Mann, James Dean, and Dale Carnegie. After him are Sadako Sasaki, António Egas Moniz, Charlie Parker, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Alberto Ascari.
1883 - 1931
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 7
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 8
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 9
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 10
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 11
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 12
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 13
1883 - 1967
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 14
1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 15
1883 - 1970
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 16
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 17
1883 - 1970
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 18
1883 - 1963
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 19
1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.06
Rank: 1
1881 - 1955
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 2
1875 - 1955
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 3
1931 - 1955
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 4
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 5
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1943 - 1955
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 7
1874 - 1955
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 8
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 9
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 11
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 78 out of 2,932. Before him are Lucan (39), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Josep Borrell (1947), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), Al-Zahrawi (936), and Ramón Mercader (1913).
39 - 65
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 72
1459 - 1532
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 73
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 74
1857 - 1885
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 75
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 76
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 77
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 78
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 79
1507 - 1582
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 80
1040 - 1109
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 81
1528 - 1603
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 82
936 - 1013
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 83
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 84
Among philosophers born in Spain, José Ortega y Gasset ranks 6. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), and Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021). After him are Ibn Tufail (1110), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Abraham ibn Ezra (1089).
4 BC - 65
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 1
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 2
1165 - 1240
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 3
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 4
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 5
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 7
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 8
1601 - 1658
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 9
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 10
1240 - 1311
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 11
1089 - 1167
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 12