365 BC - 275 BC
Pyrrho of Elis (; Ancient Greek: Πύρρων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, romanized: Pyrrhо̄n ho Ēleios; c. 360 – c. 270 BC), born in Elis, Greece, was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity, credited as being the first Greek skeptic philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pyrrho has received more than 497,720 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Pyrrho is the 109th most popular philosopher (up from 110th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Greece (down from 51st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Pyrrho is most famous for his skepticism. He believed that nothing can be known for certain, so we should suspend judgment about everything.
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Among philosophers, Pyrrho ranks 109 out of 1,081. Before him are Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, Aristippus, Joseph Priestley, Friedrich Fröbel, and Philo. After him are Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, John Venn, Bodhidharma, and Al-Tabari.
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 103
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 104
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 105
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 107
15 BC - 45
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 108
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 109
1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 110
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 111
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 112
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 113
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 114
839 - 923
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 115
Among people born in 365 BC, Pyrrho ranks 1. After him are Crates of Thebes, Philotas, and Pharnabazus III. Among people deceased in 275 BC, Pyrrho ranks 1.
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 1
365 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 2
365 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 3
365 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 4
Among people born in Greece, Pyrrho ranks 60 out of 936. Before him are Pope Sixtus II (215), Xanthippe (-500), Polykleitos (-450), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Miltiades (-540), and Constantine II of Greece (1940). After him are Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Antisthenes (-445), Epaminondas (-418), Peleus (null), Vangelis (1943), and Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270).
215 - 258
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 54
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 55
450 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 56
800 BC - 730 BC
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 57
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 58
1940 - 2023
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 59
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 60
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 61
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 62
418 BC - 362 BC
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 63
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 64
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 65
270 - 306
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 66
Among philosophers born in Greece, Pyrrho ranks 12. Before him are Epicurus (-341), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), and Theophrastus (-371). After him are Antisthenes (-445), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Diotima of Mantinea (-450).
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
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 14
150 - 215
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 15
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 16
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 17
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 18