PHILOSOPHER

Pythagoras

570 BC - 495 BC

Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; c. 570 – c. 495 BC), often known mononymously as Pythagoras, 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, the West in general. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pythagoras has received more than 11,019,805 page views. His biography is available in 156 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 148 in 2019). Pythagoras is the 5th most popular philosopher, the 5th most popular biography from Greece (up from 6th 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

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
HPI: 95.87
Rank: 1
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HPI: 95.58
Rank: 2
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470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.88
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Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 93.29
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570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
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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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Pythagoras
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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Pythagoras
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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Aristotle
PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 95.87
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Plato
PHILOSOPHER
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.58
Rank: 2
Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.88
Rank: 3
Alexander the Great
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 94.16
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 92.92
Rank: 5
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 91.85
Rank: 6
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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