500 BC - Today
Pāṇini (Sanskrit: पाणिनि, pronounced [paːɳin̪i]) was a logician, Sanskrit philologist, grammarian, and revered scholar in ancient India, variously dated between the 6th and 4th century BCE.Since the discovery and publication of his work Aṣṭādhyāyī by European scholars in the nineteenth century, Pāṇini has been considered the "first descriptive linguist", and even labelled as "the father of linguistics". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pāṇini has received more than 1,655,451 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Pāṇini is the 9th most popular linguist (up from 15th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Linguist.
Pāṇini is most famous for his work on Sanskrit grammar. He is the author of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, which is the first known work on Sanskrit grammar.
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Among linguists, Pāṇini ranks 9 out of 161. Before him are Max Müller, William James Sidis, Roman Jakobson, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Mesrop Mashtots, and Patanjali. After him are Franz Bopp, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Edward Sapir, August Schleicher, Georges Dumézil, and Algirdas Julien Greimas.
1823 - 1900
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 3
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 4
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 5
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 6
361 - 440
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 7
200 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 8
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 9
1791 - 1867
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 10
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 11
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 12
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 13
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 14
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 15
Among people born in 500 BC, Pāṇini ranks 13. Before him are Artemisia I of Caria, Brennus, Cyrus the Younger, Ictinus, Cratylus, and Xerxes II of Persia. After him are Pleistarchus, Zeuxis, Ajatashatru, Nicias, Meton of Athens, and Brasidas.
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 7
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 8
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 10
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 13
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 14
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 15
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 16
500 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 17
500 BC - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 18
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 19
Among people born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 5 out of 180. Before him are Akbar (1542), Shah Jahan (1592), Chanakya (-375), and Guru Nanak (1469). After him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Bhagat Singh (1907), Kanishka (78), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Vasubandhu (400), and Porus (-400).
1542 - 1605
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 3
1469 - 1539
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 4
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 5
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 6
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 7
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 8
78 - 144
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 9
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 10
400 - 400
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 11
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 12
Among linguists born in Pakistan, Pāṇini ranks 1.