100 - 160
Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100 – late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Cornelius Fronto has received more than 152,579 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Marcus Cornelius Fronto is the 470th most popular philosopher (up from 480th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Algeria (down from 37th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Algerian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 470 out of 1,081. Before him are John Toland, Shantideva, Stilpo, Dicaearchus, Roger Scruton, and Rodolphus Agricola. After him are Vittorino da Feltre, Alasdair MacIntyre, Plutarch of Athens, Ahmad Sirhindi, Zhiyi, and Thomas Cajetan.
1670 - 1722
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 464
685 - 763
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 465
359 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 466
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 467
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 468
1443 - 1485
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 469
100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 470
1378 - 1446
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 471
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 472
350 - 431
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 473
1564 - 1624
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 474
538 - 597
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 475
1469 - 1534
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 476
Among people born in 100, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 27. Before him are Simeon of Jerusalem, Mary the Jewess, Claudia Acte, Domitia Longina, Saint Sabina, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia. After him are Agrippa the Skeptic, Praxedes, Valentinus, Marinus of Tyre, Gan Ying, and Vologases III of Parthia. Among people deceased in 160, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 3. Before him are Marcion of Sinope and Shimon bar Yochai. After him are Valentinus and Quintus Lollius Urbicus.
100 - 107
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 21
100 - 100
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 22
100 - 100
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 23
100 - 126
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 24
100 - 126
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 25
100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 26
100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 27
100 - 100
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 28
100 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 29
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 30
100 - 130
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 31
100 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 32
100 - 200
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 33
85 - 160
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1
1 - 160
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 2
100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 3
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 4
150 - 160
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 5
Among people born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 41 out of 184. Before him are Chadli Bendjedid (1929), Assia Djebar (1936), Jean-Claude Brialy (1933), Hélène Cixous (1937), Micipsa (-200), and Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856). After him are Enrico Macias (1938), Priscian (500), Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Khaled (1960), Liamine Zéroual (1941), and Edwige Fenech (1948).
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 35
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 36
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 37
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 38
200 BC - 118 BC
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 39
1856 - 1942
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 40
100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 41
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 42
500 - 600
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 43
1919 - 1992
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 44
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 46
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 47
Among philosophers born in Algeria, Marcus Cornelius Fronto ranks 6. Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Jacques Derrida (1930), Louis Althusser (1918), Jacques Rancière (1940), and Martianus Capella (360). After him are Priscian (500) and Émile Boirac (1851).
354 - 430
HPI: 87.39
Rank: 1
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 2
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 3
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 4
360 - 428
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 5
100 - 160
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 6
500 - 600
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 7
1851 - 1917
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 8