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Patanjali

200 BC - 150 BC

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Patanjali

His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2024). Patanjali is the 4th most popular linguist (up from 19th in 2024), the 19th most popular biography from India (up from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Linguist.

Patanjali is most famous for his Yoga Sutras.

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Among Linguists

Among linguists, Patanjali ranks 4 out of 214. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Edgar de Wahl, and Pāṇini. After him are Noam Chomsky, Max Müller, William James Sidis, Noah Webster, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, and Rasmus Rask.

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Ferdinand de Saussure
1857 - 1913
HPI: 82.09
Rank: 1
Edgar de Wahl
1867 - 1948
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 2
Pāṇini
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 3
Patanjali
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 4
Noam Chomsky
1928 - Present
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 5
Max Müller
1823 - 1900
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 6
William James Sidis
1898 - 1944
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 7
Noah Webster
1758 - 1843
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 8
Mahmud al-Kashgari
1029 - 1101
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 9
Roman Jakobson
1896 - 1982
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 10
Mesrop Mashtots
361 - 440
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 11
Rasmus Rask
1787 - 1832
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Kanada, Judas Maccabeus, Simon Thassi, Zhang Qian, Lentulus Batiatus, Mithridates V of Pontus, Mattathias, Jonathan Apphus, John Hyrcanus, Gaius Claudius Glaber, and Aristobulus I. Among people deceased in 150 BC, Patanjali ranks 1. After him are Demetrius I Soter, Seleucus of Seleucia, Diogenes of Babylon, Mago, Marcus Octavius, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Apollodorus the Epicurean, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Manius Aquillius, and Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla.

Others Born in 200 BC

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Patanjali
LINGUIST
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
Kanada
PHILOSOPHER
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 2
Judas Maccabeus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 3
Simon Thassi
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 135 BC
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 4
Zhang Qian
EXPLORER
200 BC - 114 BC
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 5
Lentulus Batiatus
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 6
Mithridates V of Pontus
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 120 BC
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 7
Mattathias
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
200 BC - 166 BC
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 8
Jonathan Apphus
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 143 BC
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 9
John Hyrcanus
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 104 BC
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 10
Gaius Claudius Glaber
MILITARY PERSONNEL
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 11
Aristobulus I
POLITICIAN
200 BC - 103 BC
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 150 BC

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Patanjali
LINGUIST
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 1
Demetrius I Soter
POLITICIAN
187 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 2
Seleucus of Seleucia
ASTRONOMER
190 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 3
Diogenes of Babylon
PHILOSOPHER
240 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 4
Mago
WRITER
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 5
Marcus Octavius
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 6
Gaius Sextius Calvinus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 7
Apollodorus the Epicurean
PHILOSOPHER
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 8
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 9
Aristobulus of Alexandria
PHILOSOPHER
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 10
Manius Aquillius
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 11
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 12