1458 - 1521
Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457/1458 – 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 94,555 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sebastian Brant is the 315th most popular philosopher (down from 312th in 2019), the 844th most popular biography from France (down from 816th in 2019) and the 42nd 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 315 out of 1,081. Before him are Hilary Putnam, Speusippus, Jacobus Arminius, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Ammonius Saccas, and Justus Lipsius. After him are Isaac Abarbanel, Giovanni Gentile, Alfred Schütz, Thrasymachus, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Aenesidemus.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 309
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 310
1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 311
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 312
175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 313
1547 - 1606
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 314
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 315
1437 - 1508
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 316
1875 - 1944
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 317
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 318
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 319
1743 - 1819
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 320
80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 321
Among people born in 1458, Sebastian Brant ranks 2. Before him is Saint Casimir. After him are Eleanor of Viseu, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Jacopo Sannazaro, and John II, Duke of Cleves. 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, Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Francisco Serrão, Raffaele Riario, and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.
1458 - 1484
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 1
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 2
1458 - 1525
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3
1458 - 1532
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 4
1458 - 1530
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 5
1458 - 1521
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 6
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
1475 - 1521
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 2
1469 - 1521
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 3
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 4
1460 - 1521
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 5
1491 - 1521
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 6
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 7
1461 - 1521
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 8
1436 - 1521
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 9
1491 - 1521
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 10
1500 - 1521
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 11
1461 - 1521
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 12
1478 - 1521
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 13
Among people born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 844 out of 6,011. Before him are Robert Nivelle (1856), Georges Dumézil (1898), Guntram (532), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jean Todt (1946), and Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766). After him are Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), Marcel Carné (1906), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Christina of Lorraine (1565), Jules Ferry (1832), and Jérôme Lalande (1732).
1856 - 1924
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 838
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 839
532 - 592
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 840
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 841
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 842
1766 - 1822
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 843
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 844
1260 - 1313
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 845
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 846
1735 - 1820
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 847
1565 - 1637
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 848
1832 - 1893
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 849
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 850
Among philosophers born in France, Sebastian Brant ranks 42. Before him are Roger Garaudy (1913), Georges Sorel (1847), Raymond Aron (1905), Félix Guattari (1930), Roscellinus (1050), and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857). After him are Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Bruno Latour (1947), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Edgar Morin (1921), and René Girard (1923).
1913 - 2012
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 36
1847 - 1922
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 37
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 38
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 39
1050 - 1121
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 40
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 41
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 42
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 43
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 44
1947 - 2022
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 45
1612 - 1694
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 46
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 47
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48