185 - 254
Origen of Alexandria (c. 184 – c. 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Origen has received more than 1,617,483 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Origen is the 43rd most popular philosopher (up from 44th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Philosopher.
Origen is most famous for his allegorical interpretation of scripture.
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Among philosophers, Origen ranks 43 out of 1,089. Before him are Plutarch, Al-Ghazali, Michel de Montaigne, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maria Montessori, and Parmenides. After him are Thomas More, Al-Farabi, Michel Foucault, Karl Popper, Protagoras, and Hannah Arendt.
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 37
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 38
1533 - 1592
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 39
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 41
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 42
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 43
1478 - 1535
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 44
872 - 951
HPI: 84.41
Rank: 45
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 46
1902 - 1994
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 47
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 48
1906 - 1975
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 49
Among people born in 185, Origen ranks 1. After him is Cao Zhen. Among people deceased in 254, Origen ranks 1. After him are Pope Lucius I and Uranius.
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 1
200 - 254
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 2
200 - 254
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 3
Among people born in Egypt, Origen ranks 12 out of 520. Before him are Euclid (-350), Hypatia (350), Cleopatra (-69), Yasser Arafat (1929), Hatshepsut (-1507), and Joshua (-1355). After him are Amenhotep III (-1403), Imhotep (-2800), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Plotinus (203), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), and Anthony the Great (251).
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 87.03
Rank: 6
350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 7
69 BC - 30 BC
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1929 - 2004
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 9
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 84.54
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1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 11
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 13
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 14
1928 - 2020
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 15
203 - 270
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 16
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 17
251 - 356
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 18
Among philosophers born in Egypt, Origen ranks 1. After him are Plotinus (203), Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Philo (-15), Sextus Empiricus (160), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Valentinus (100), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Olympiodorus the Younger (495).
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
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203 - 270
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 2
295 - 373
HPI: 80.20
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15 BC - 45
HPI: 79.98
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160 - 210
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 5
1849 - 1905
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 6
175 - 242
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 7
882 - 942
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 8
490 - 570
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 9
100 - 160
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 10
796 - 859
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 11
495 - 570
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12