23 - 79
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – AD 79), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pliny the Elder has received more than 4,663,984 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Pliny the Elder is the 63rd most popular philosopher (down from 57th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Italy (down from 94th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Philosopher.
Pliny the Elder is most famous for his work Naturalis Historia, which is an encyclopedia of knowledge about natural science and history.
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Among philosophers, Pliny the Elder ranks 63 out of 1,081. Before him are Henri Bergson, Anaxagoras, Herbert Spencer, Mikhail Bakunin, Edmund Husserl, and Gorgias. After him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Peter Abelard, George Berkeley, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Antonio Gramsci, and Karl Jaspers.
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 57
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 58
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 59
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 60
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 61
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 62
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 63
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 65
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 66
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 67
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 68
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 69
Among people born in 23, Pliny the Elder ranks 1. After him is Alisha Lehmann. Among people deceased in 79, Pliny the Elder ranks 2. Before him is Vespasian. After him are Pope Linus, Aulus Caecina Alienus, and Drusilla.
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 1
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 2
1 - 79
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 3
50 - 79
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 4
38 - 79
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 5
Among people born in Italy, Pliny the Elder ranks 97 out of 4,668. Before him are Brutus the Younger (-85), Tintoretto (1518), Pope Pius X (1835), Enrico Fermi (1901), Domitian (51), and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600). After him are Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Paul III (1468), Terence Hill (1939), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Masaccio (1401), and Amedeo Avogadro (1776).
85 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 91
1518 - 1594
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 92
1835 - 1914
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 93
1901 - 1954
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 94
51 - 96
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 95
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 96
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 97
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 98
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 99
1939 - Present
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 100
1810 - 1903
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 101
1401 - 1428
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 102
1776 - 1856
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 103
Among philosophers born in Italy, Pliny the Elder ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Aquinas (1225), Parmenides (-501), Maria Montessori (1870), Zeno of Elea (-490), Empedocles (-490), and Lucretius (-94). After him are Antonio Gramsci (1891), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Marsilio Ficino (1433), and Giambattista Vico (1668).
1225 - 1274
HPI: 87.11
Rank: 2
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 3
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 4
490 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 5
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 6
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 7
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 8
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 9
1463 - 1494
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 10
480 - 525
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 11
1568 - 1639
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 12
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 13
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 14