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Philo of Byzantium

280 BC - 220 BC

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Philo of Byzantium (Ancient 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 184,890 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Philo of Byzantium is the 28th most popular engineer (down from 24th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 121st in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Engineer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Philo of Byzantium ranks 28 out of 389. Before him are Jiro Horikoshi, Andrei Tupolev, Artem Mikoyan, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, and Abram Petrovich Gannibal. After him are Lennart Torstensson, Hermann Oberth, Albert Göring, Theodore von Kármán, Emil Škoda, and Hugo Junkers.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Philo of Byzantium ranks 257 out of 1,347. Before him are Ctesias (-440), Constantine Laskaris (1170), Michael V Kalaphates (1015), Andronikos V Palaiologos (1400), Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), and Tansu Çiller (1946). After him are Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Necmettin Erbakan (1926), Nebahat Çehre (1944), Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179), Said Nursî (1877), and Gemistus Pletho (1355).

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Among ENGINEERS In Türkiye

Among engineers born in Türkiye, Philo of Byzantium ranks 1. After him are Alec Issigonis (1906).

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