486 BC - 420 BC
Protagoras (; Greek: Πρωταγόρας; c. 490 BC – c. 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He is numbered as one of the sophists by Plato. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Protagoras has received more than 874,089 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Protagoras is the 39th most popular philosopher (up from 48th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Greece (up from 24th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Protagoras is most famous for his saying "man is the measure of all things."
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Among philosophers, Protagoras ranks 39 out of 1,081. Before him are Anaximander, Al-Ghazali, Diogenes, Laozi, David Hume, and Søren Kierkegaard. After him are Thomas More, Maria Montessori, Sun Tzu, Plutarch, Michel de Montaigne, and Origen.
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 33
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 34
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 35
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 36
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 37
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 38
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 39
1478 - 1535
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 41
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 42
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 43
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 44
185 - 254
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 45
Among people born in 486 BC, Protagoras ranks 1. Among people deceased in 420 BC, Protagoras ranks 1. After him are Callicrates, Archidamus II, and Oenopides.
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 1
470 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 2
450 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 3
490 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 4
Among people born in Greece, Protagoras ranks 19 out of 936. Before him are Kösem Sultan (1590), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Aeschylus (-525), Spartacus (-109), Aristophanes (-448), and Euripides (-480). After him are Philip II of Macedon (-382), Sappho (-630), Plutarch (46), El Greco (1541), Thucydides (-460), and Phidias (-490).
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 13
1921 - 2021
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 14
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 15
109 BC - 71 BC
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 16
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 17
480 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 18
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 19
382 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 20
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 21
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 22
1541 - 1614
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 23
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 24
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 25
Among philosophers born in Greece, Protagoras ranks 7. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), and Epicurus (-341). After him are Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), Theophrastus (-371), Pyrrho (-365), and Antisthenes (-445).
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.24
Rank: 1
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.54
Rank: 2
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.34
Rank: 3
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
Rank: 4
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 5
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 6
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 7
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 8
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 9
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 10
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 11
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 12
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 13