1458 - 1521
Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Brant has received more than 64,326 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sebastian Brant is the 312th most popular philosopher (down from 249th in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from France (down from 611th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Philosopher.
Sebastian Brant is most famous for his book "Das Narrenschiff" or "Ship of Fools". He wrote this book in 1494 and it is a satire on the customs and practices of the time.
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Among philosophers, Sebastian Brant ranks 312 out of 1,089. Before him are Nicolai Hartmann, Hilary Putnam, Theano, Andronicus of Rhodes, David Strauss, and Synesius. After him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi.
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 306
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 307
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 308
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 309
1808 - 1874
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 310
370 - 413
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 311
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 312
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 313
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 314
1743 - 1819
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 315
200 - 215
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 316
1646 - 1684
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 317
1155 - 1191
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 318
Among people born in 1458, Sebastian Brant ranks 2. Before him is Saint Casimir. After him are Eleanor of Viseu, Piri Mehmed Pasha, and Jacopo Sannazaro. Among people deceased in 1521, Sebastian Brant ranks 7. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan, Pope Leo X, Manuel I of Portugal, Josquin des Prez, Juan Ponce de León, and Zhengde Emperor. After him are Christina of Saxony, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Leonardo Loredan, Francisco Serrão, Raffaele Riario, and Duarte Barbosa.
1458 - 1484
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 2
1458 - 1525
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 3
1458 - 1532
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 4
1458 - 1530
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 5
1480 - 1521
HPI: 93.48
Rank: 1
1475 - 1521
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 2
1469 - 1521
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 3
1450 - 1521
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 4
1460 - 1521
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 5
1491 - 1521
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 6
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 7
1461 - 1521
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 8
1491 - 1521
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 9
1436 - 1521
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 10
1500 - 1521
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1461 - 1521
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 12
1480 - 1521
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 13
Among people born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 819 out of 5,234. Before him are Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Nadia Boulanger (1887), Simone Veil (1927), Max Jacob (1876), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), and Jacques Delors (1925). After him are Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), Germaine of Foix (1488), and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857).
1845 - 1934
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 813
1887 - 1979
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 814
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 815
1876 - 1944
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 816
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 817
1925 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 818
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 819
1320 - 1380
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 820
1974 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 821
1339 - 1384
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 822
1804 - 1869
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 823
1488 - 1536
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 824
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 825
Among philosophers born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 41. Before him are Raymond Aron (1905), Roger Garaudy (1913), François Fénelon (1651), Georges Sorel (1847), Félix Guattari (1930), and Roscellinus (1050). After him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Bruno Latour (1947), Edgar Morin (1921), Antoine Arnauld (1612), and Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782).
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 35
1913 - 2012
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 36
1651 - 1715
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 37
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 38
1930 - 1992
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 39
1050 - 1121
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
1458 - 1521
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 41
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 42
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 44
1921 - Present
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 45
1612 - 1694
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 46
1782 - 1854
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 47