PHILOSOPHER
Pythagoras
570 BC - 495 BC

Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath, and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. Modern scholars disagree regarding Pythagoras's education and influences, but most agree that he travelled to Croton in southern Italy around 530 BC, where he founded a school in which initiates were allegedly sworn to secrecy and lived a communal, ascetic lifestyle. In antiquity, Pythagoras was credited with mathematical and scientific discoveries, such as the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the theory of proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus, and the division of the globe into five climatic zones. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pythagoras is the 5th most popular philosopher, the 5th most popular biography from Greece and the 4th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Pythagoras is most famous for the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Pythagoras ranks 5 out of 1,267. Before him are Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Gautama Buddha. After him are Confucius, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
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384 BC - 321 BC
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HPI: 95.58
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.88
Rank: 3
Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 93.29
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 5
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HPI: 92.61
Rank: 6
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HPI: 91.91
Rank: 7
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1712 - 1778
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 10
Niccolò Machiavelli
1469 - 1527
HPI: 89.54
Rank: 11
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844 - 1900
HPI: 89.24
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 570 BC, Pythagoras ranks 1. After him are Xenophanes, Anacreon, Theognis of Megara, and Hystaspes. Among people deceased in 495 BC, Pythagoras ranks 1. After him are Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and Hystaspes.
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PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 1
Xenophanes
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 2
Anacreon
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 3
Theognis of Megara
WRITER
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
Hystaspes
POLITICIAN
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 5
Others Deceased in 495 BC
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PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 1
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 2
Hystaspes
POLITICIAN
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 3
In Greece
Among people born in Greece, Pythagoras ranks 5 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), and Alexander the Great (-356). After him are Homer (-800), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), and Epicurus (-341).
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PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 95.87
Rank: 1
Plato
PHILOSOPHER
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.58
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Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.88
Rank: 3
Alexander the Great
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356 BC - 323 BC
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Rank: 4
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
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Rank: 5
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.85
Rank: 6
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POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 90.73
Rank: 7
Hippocrates
PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 8
Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 9
Pericles
POLITICIAN
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 86.71
Rank: 10
Democritus
PHILOSOPHER
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.70
Rank: 11
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 86.47
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece
Among philosophers born in Greece, Pythagoras ranks 4. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), and Socrates (-470). After him are Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Antisthenes (-445), and Pyrrho (-365).
Aristotle
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 95.87
Rank: 1
Plato
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.58
Rank: 2
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.88
Rank: 3
Pythagoras
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 4
Democritus
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.70
Rank: 5
Epicurus
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 86.47
Rank: 6
Plutarch
46 - 127
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 7
Protagoras
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 8
Gorgias
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 9
Theophrastus
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 10
Antisthenes
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 11
Pyrrho
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 12