PHILOSOPHER
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
1490 - 1573
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1490 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher, and theologian of the Spanish Renaissance. He is mainly known for his participation in a famous debate with Bartolomé de las Casas in Valladolid, Spain, in 1550–1551. The debate centered on the legitimacy of the conquest and colonization of America by the Spanish Empire and on the treatment of the Native Americans. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda has received more than 269,028 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda is the 449th most popular philosopher (down from 363rd in 2019).
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda is most famous for his work entitled "Democrates Alter" in which he argues that America should be colonized by Spain.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 449 out of 1,081. Before her are Brunetto Latini, Ravidas, Yi Hwang, Alan Watts, Madhvacharya, and Alain de Benoist. After her are Henry Suso, Ibn al-Rawandi, Petrus Ramus, Abul A'la Maududi, Ernst Troeltsch, and Phaedo of Elis.
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HPI: 59.77
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HPI: 59.59
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Phaedo of Elis
401 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 59.57
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1490, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 11. Before her are Olaus Magnus, Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Vittoria Colonna, Ebussuud Efendi, and Florian Geyer. After her are Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Françoise d'Alençon, John III, Duke of Cleves, Properzia de' Rossi, Nikola Jurišić, and Mohammed al-Shaykh. Among people deceased in 1573, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ranks 6. Before her are Fatma Sultan, Takeda Shingen, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, and Rafael Bombelli. After her are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Malyuta Skuratov, and Michel de l'Hôpital.
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Olaus Magnus
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
Huáscar
1490 - 1533
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 6
Albert of Brandenburg
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 7
Vittoria Colonna
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
Ebussuud Efendi
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
Florian Geyer
1490 - 1525
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 11
Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
1490 - 1538
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 12
Françoise d'Alençon
1490 - 1550
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 13
John III, Duke of Cleves
1490 - 1539
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 14
Properzia de' Rossi
1490 - 1530
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 15
Nikola Jurišić
1490 - 1545
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 16
Mohammed al-Shaykh
1490 - 1557
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 17
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Fatma Sultan
1500 - 1573
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 1
Takeda Shingen
1521 - 1573
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 2
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
1507 - 1573
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 3
Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal
1535 - 1573
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
Rafael Bombelli
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 5
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 6
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 7
Azai Nagamasa
1545 - 1573
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 8
Matija Gubec
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 9
Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 10
Malyuta Skuratov
1600 - 1573
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 11
Michel de l'Hôpital
1505 - 1573
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 12
