1535 - 1600
Luis de Molina (29 September 1535 – 12 October 1600) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and scholastic, a staunch defender of free will in the controversy over human liberty and God's grace. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis de Molina has received more than 132,459 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Luis de Molina is the 533rd most popular philosopher (up from 552nd in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Spain (up from 495th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Luis de Molina ranks 533 out of 1,089. Before him are Jean Vanier, Martha Nussbaum, Cristoforo Landino, Vilém Flusser, John Austin, and Henry Corbin. After him are Ibn al-Rawandi, Gorakhnath, Louis Couturat, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Saul Kripke.
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 527
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 528
1424 - 1498
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 529
1920 - 1991
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 530
1790 - 1859
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 531
1903 - 1978
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 532
1535 - 1600
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 533
827 - 911
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 534
1100 - 1200
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 535
1868 - 1914
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 536
200 - 200
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 537
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 538
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 539
Among people born in 1535, Luis de Molina ranks 10. Before him are Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Giambattista della Porta, Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Martin Frobisher. After him are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Stenbock, Frans Hogenberg, Marcantonio Colonna, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Titu Cusi. Among people deceased in 1600, Luis de Molina ranks 5. Before him are Giordano Bruno, Ishida Mitsunari, Sawney Bean, and Enrique of Malacca. After him are Konishi Yukinaga, José de Acosta, Hosokawa Gracia, Catharina van Hemessen, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Bâkî, and Claude Le Jeune.
1535 - 1573
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 4
1535 - 1615
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 5
1535 - 1612
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 6
1535 - 1607
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 7
1535 - 1619
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
1535 - 1594
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 9
1535 - 1600
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 10
1535 - 1592
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 11
1535 - 1621
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 12
1535 - 1590
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 13
1535 - 1584
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 14
1535 - 1615
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 15
1535 - 1571
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 16
1548 - 1600
HPI: 88.92
Rank: 1
1559 - 1600
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 2
1600 - 1600
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 3
1495 - 1600
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 4
1535 - 1600
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 5
1555 - 1600
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 6
1540 - 1600
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 7
1563 - 1600
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 8
1528 - 1600
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 9
1559 - 1600
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
1526 - 1600
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 11
1528 - 1600
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Luis de Molina ranks 468 out of 2,595. Before him are Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Bermudo II of León (953), Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), and Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867). After him are Alfonso IV of León (890), Don Juan Manuel (1282), Julen Lopetegui (1966), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), and Beatrice of Castile (1293).
1851 - 1931
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 462
1784 - 1849
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 463
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 464
953 - 999
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 465
1909 - 2002
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 466
1867 - 1956
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 467
1535 - 1600
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 468
890 - 933
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 469
1282 - 1348
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 470
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 471
1500 - 1517
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 472
1487 - 1537
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 473
1293 - 1359
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 474
Among philosophers born in Spain, Luis de Molina ranks 21. Before him are Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Pompeia Plotina (65), Nachmanides (1194), George Santayana (1863), Francisco Ferrer (1859), and Hasdai Crescas (1340). After him are Domingo de Soto (1494), María Zambrano (1904), Joseph Albo (1380), Melchor Cano (1509), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), and Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676).
1483 - 1546
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 15
65 - 121
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 16
1194 - 1270
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 17
1863 - 1952
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 18
1859 - 1909
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 19
1340 - 1410
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 20
1535 - 1600
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 21
1494 - 1560
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 22
1904 - 1991
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 23
1380 - 1444
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 24
1509 - 1560
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 25
1606 - 1682
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 26
1676 - 1764
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 27