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Plutarch (; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koine Greek: [ˈplutarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plutarch has received more than 2,687,860 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Plutarch is the 37th most popular philosopher (down from 36th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Greece and the 7th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Plutarch is most famous for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies that compare the lives of famous Greeks and Romans.
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Among philosophers, Plutarch ranks 37 out of 1,089. Before him are David Hume, Laozi, Martin Heidegger, Søren Kierkegaard, Auguste Comte, and Sun Tzu. After him are Al-Ghazali, Michel de Montaigne, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maria Montessori, Parmenides, and Origen.
1711 - 1776
HPI: 86.05
Rank: 31
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 32
1889 - 1976
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 33
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 34
1798 - 1857
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 35
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 36
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 37
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 38
1533 - 1592
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 39
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 41
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 42
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 43
Among people born in 46, Plutarch ranks 1. Among people deceased in 127, Plutarch ranks 1.
Among people born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 17 out of 855. Before him are Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), El Greco (1541), Philip II of Macedon (-382), and Aristophanes (-448). After him are Euripides (-480), Kösem Sultan (1590), Phidias (-490), Thucydides (-460), Sappho (-630), and Aeschylus (-525).
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 88.20
Rank: 11
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 12
1921 - Present
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 13
1541 - 1614
HPI: 85.68
Rank: 14
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 15
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 85.44
Rank: 16
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 17
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 85.18
Rank: 18
1590 - 1651
HPI: 84.69
Rank: 19
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 20
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 84.56
Rank: 21
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 22
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 84.43
Rank: 23
Among philosophers born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 7. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Epicurus (-341), and Democritus (-460). After him are Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), Antisthenes (-445), and Leucippus (-500).
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
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 13