427 BC - 347 BC
Plato ( PLAY-toe; Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced [plá.tɔːn] in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle. Plato has also often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plato has received more than 11,395,594 page views. His biography is available in 194 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 189 in 2019). Plato is the 2nd most popular philosopher (down from 1st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Plato ranks 2 out of 1,089. Before him are Aristotle. After him are Socrates, Confucius, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Augustine of Hippo.
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.06
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.73
Rank: 2
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
Rank: 3
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.64
Rank: 4
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 93.47
Rank: 5
1724 - 1804
HPI: 93.13
Rank: 6
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.74
Rank: 7
980 - 1037
HPI: 92.51
Rank: 8
1712 - 1778
HPI: 92.05
Rank: 9
1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
Rank: 10
1469 - 1527
HPI: 91.02
Rank: 11
354 - 430
HPI: 90.32
Rank: 12
Among people born in 427 BC, Plato ranks 1. After him is Emperor Kōan. Among people deceased in 347 BC, Plato ranks 1. After him is Archytas.
Among people born in Greece, Plato ranks 3 out of 855. Before him are Alexander the Great (-356) and Aristotle (-384). After him are Socrates (-470), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Pythagoras (-570), Spartacus (-109), Sophocles (-497), Epicurus (-341), Pericles (-494), and Democritus (-460).
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 96.43
Rank: 1
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.06
Rank: 2
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.73
Rank: 3
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
Rank: 4
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.37
Rank: 5
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 90.52
Rank: 6
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 89.90
Rank: 7
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 8
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 88.52
Rank: 9
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 10
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 88.20
Rank: 11
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in Greece, Plato ranks 2. Before him are Aristotle (-384). After him are Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Epicurus (-341), Democritus (-460), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), and Antisthenes (-445).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.06
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.73
Rank: 2
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 95.16
Rank: 3
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 89.90
Rank: 4
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 5
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 6
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 7
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 8
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 9
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 10
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 11
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 12