570 BC - 495 BC
Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, romanized: Pythagóras ho Sámios, lit. 'Pythagoras the Samian', or simply Πυθαγόρας; Πυθαγόρης in Ionian Greek; c. 570 – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher 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, the West in general. Knowledge of his life is clouded by legend, but he appears to have been the son of Mnesarchus, a gem-engraver on the island of Samos. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pythagoras has received more than 8,937,578 page views. His biography is available in 148 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 141 in 2019). Pythagoras is the 5th most popular philosopher (up from 15th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Greece (up from 7th in 2019) 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, Pythagoras ranks 5 out of 1,081. Before him are Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and Confucius. After him are René Descartes, Gautama Buddha, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Avicenna, John Locke, and Niccolò Machiavelli.
384 BC - 321 BC
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427 BC - 347 BC
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470 BC - 399 BC
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551 BC - 479 BC
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570 BC - 495 BC
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1596 - 1650
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566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 90.82
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1724 - 1804
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1712 - 1778
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980 - 1037
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1632 - 1704
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1469 - 1527
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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.
570 BC - 495 BC
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570 BC - 475 BC
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570 BC - 485 BC
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570 BC - 485 BC
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570 BC - 495 BC
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570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.39
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600 BC - 495 BC
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570 BC - 495 BC
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Among people born in Greece, Pythagoras ranks 6 out of 936. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Alexander the Great (-356), Socrates (-470), and Homer (-800). After him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), and Pericles (-494).
384 BC - 321 BC
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427 BC - 347 BC
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356 BC - 323 BC
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470 BC - 399 BC
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800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.42
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570 BC - 495 BC
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1881 - 1938
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460 BC - 370 BC
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497 BC - 406 BC
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460 BC - 360 BC
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341 BC - 269 BC
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494 BC - 429 BC
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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), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), Leucippus (-500), Theophrastus (-371), and Pyrrho (-365).
384 BC - 321 BC
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427 BC - 347 BC
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470 BC - 399 BC
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570 BC - 495 BC
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460 BC - 360 BC
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341 BC - 269 BC
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486 BC - 420 BC
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46 - 127
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483 BC - 375 BC
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500 BC - 500 BC
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371 BC - 287 BC
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365 BC - 275 BC
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