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Philo of Byzantium

280 BC - 220 BC

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Philo of Byzantium (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος, Phílōn ho Byzántios, c. 280 BC – c. 220 BC), also known as Philo Mechanicus (Latin for "Philo the Engineer"), was a Greek engineer, physicist and writer on mechanics, who lived during the latter half of the 3rd century BC. Although he was from Byzantium he lived most of his life in Alexandria, Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philo of Byzantium has received more than 171,552 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Philo of Byzantium is the 25th most popular engineer (up from 29th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 126th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Engineer.

Philosophy of Byzantium is most famous for the idea that the Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire.

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  • 64.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Philo of Byzantium ranks 25 out of 323Before him are Jack Kilby, Andrei Tupolev, Hermann Oberth, Artem Mikoyan, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and Abram Petrovich Gannibal. After him are Albert Göring, August Horch, José Echegaray, Hugo Junkers, Lennart Torstensson, and Jiro Horikoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280 BC, Philo of Byzantium ranks 4Before him are Li Si, Han Fei, and Livius Andronicus. After him are Arsaces I of Parthia, Conon of Samos, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 220 BC, Philo of Byzantium ranks 1After him are Diodotus II, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, Molon, Archidamus V, and Ariarathes III of Cappadocia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Philo of Byzantium ranks 122 out of 582Before him are Macarius of Egypt (300), Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152), Amasis II (-700), Berenice IV of Egypt (-77), Senusret II (-1900), and Kiya (-1400). After him are Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161), Ahmose-Nefertari (-1562), Senenmut (-1600), Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Ptolemy X Alexander I (-140), and Setnakhte (-1300).

Among ENGINEERS In Egypt

Among engineers born in Egypt, Philo of Byzantium ranks 1After him are Sherif Ismail (1955), Essam Sharaf (1952), and Hesham Qandil (1962).