543 BC - 495 BC
Sun Tzu ( soon DZOO, soon SOO; Chinese: 孫子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese general, military strategist, writer and philosopher who lived in the Eastern Zhou period of ancient China. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thinking. His works focus much more on alternatives to battle, such as stratagem, delay, the use of spies and alternatives to war itself, the making and keeping of alliances, the uses of deceit and a willingness to submit, at least temporarily, to more powerful foes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Tzu has received more than 3,005,328 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2019). Sun Tzu is the 36th most popular philosopher (down from 33rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from China (up from 7th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Philosopher.
Sun Tzu is most famous for his book The Art of War, which is a military strategy guide.
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Among philosophers, Sun Tzu ranks 36 out of 1,089. Before him are Diogenes, David Hume, Laozi, Martin Heidegger, Søren Kierkegaard, and Auguste Comte. After him are Plutarch, Al-Ghazali, Michel de Montaigne, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maria Montessori, and Parmenides.
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 86.10
Rank: 30
1711 - 1776
HPI: 86.05
Rank: 31
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 32
1889 - 1976
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 33
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 34
1798 - 1857
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 35
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 36
46 - 127
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 37
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 38
1533 - 1592
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 39
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 41
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 42
Among people born in 543 BC, Sun Tzu ranks 1. After him is Prince Vijaya. Among people deceased in 495 BC, Sun Tzu ranks 2. Before him is Pythagoras. After him are Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and Hystaspes.
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 89.90
Rank: 1
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 2
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 82.54
Rank: 3
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 4
Among people born in China, Sun Tzu ranks 6 out of 1,186. Before him are Confucius (-551), Mao Zedong (1893), Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), and Laozi (-604). After him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Zheng He (1387), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), Sima Qian (-145), Deng Xiaoping (1904), and Sun Yat-sen (1866).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.64
Rank: 1
1893 - 1976
HPI: 89.64
Rank: 2
1899 - 1982
HPI: 88.19
Rank: 3
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 4
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 5
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 7
1387 - 1433
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 8
1887 - 1975
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 9
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 10
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 11
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in China, Sun Tzu ranks 3. Before him are Confucius (-551) and Laozi (-604). After him are Mencius (-372), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Zhu Xi (1130), Mozi (-470), Padmasambhava (717), Han Fei (-280), Xun Kuang (-313), Milarepa (1052), and Shen Kuo (1031).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.64
Rank: 1
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 2
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 3
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 4
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 5
1130 - 1200
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 6
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 7
717 - 762
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 8
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 9
313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 10
1052 - 1135
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 11
1031 - 1095
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 12