500 BC - 500 BC
Leucippus (; Greek: Λεύκιππος, Leúkippos; fl. 5th century BCE) is a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who has been credited as the first philosopher to develop a theory of atomism. Leucippus' reputation, even in antiquity, was obscured by the reputation of his much more famous pupil, Democritus, who is also credited with the first development of atomic theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leucippus has received more than 467,964 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Leucippus is the 90th most popular philosopher (up from 135th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Leucippus is most famous for being the first philosopher to propose the idea of atoms.
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Among philosophers, Leucippus ranks 90 out of 1,081. Before him are Nagarjuna, Gregory of Nazianzus, Carl von Clausewitz, Al-Kindi, Athanasius of Alexandria, and Boethius. After him are John of Damascus, Zeno of Citium, Tertullian, Johann Gottfried Herder, Anaximenes of Miletus, and Walter Benjamin.
150 - 250
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 84
329 - 389
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 85
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 86
801 - 866
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 87
295 - 373
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 88
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 89
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 90
676 - 749
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 91
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 92
155 - 220
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 93
1744 - 1803
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 94
585 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 95
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 96
Among people born in 500 BC, Leucippus ranks 3. Before him are Anaxagoras and Myron. After him are Xanthippe, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Ezra, Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, Ictinus, Cratylus, and Xerxes II of Persia. Among people deceased in 500 BC, Leucippus ranks 3. Before him are Esther and Myron. After him are Ānanda, Polykleitos, Artemisia I of Caria, Hippasus, Rāhula, Diogenes of Apollonia, Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Obadiah.
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 1
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 2
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 3
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 4
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 5
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 6
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 7
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 8
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 1
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 2
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
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600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 4
450 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 5
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 7
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 8
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 9
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 10
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 11
587 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12
Among people born in Greece, Leucippus ranks 43 out of 936. Before him are Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Solon (-638), Myron (-500), Polybius (-208), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), and Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769). After him are Alcibiades (-450), Peisistratos (-600), Draco (-650), Pindar (-517), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), and Praxiteles (-395).
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 37
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 38
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 75.89
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208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 40
311 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 75.56
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1769 - 1849
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 42
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 43
450 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 44
600 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 45
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 46
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 47
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 48
395 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 49
Among philosophers born in Greece, Leucippus ranks 10. Before him are Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), and Gorgias (-483). After him are Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), Antisthenes (-445), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), and Hippias (-443).
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 4
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 5
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 6
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 7
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 8
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 9
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 10
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 11
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 12
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 13
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 14
150 - 215
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 15
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 16