544 BC - 496 BC
Sun Tzu ( soon DZOO, soon SOO; traditional Chinese: 孫子; simplified Chinese: 孙子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period of 771 to 256 BCE. 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. Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and East Asian culture as a legendary historical and military figure. His birth name was Sun Wu (traditional Chinese: 孫武; simplified Chinese: 孙武) and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing (Chinese: 長卿). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Tzu has received more than 4,546,224 page views. Her biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia. Sun Tzu is the 42nd most popular philosopher (down from 36th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from China and the 3rd most popular Chinese Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Sun Tzu ranks 42 out of 1,081. Before her are Laozi, David Hume, Søren Kierkegaard, Protagoras, Thomas More, and Maria Montessori. After her are Plutarch, Michel de Montaigne, Origen, Al-Farabi, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and John Amos Comenius.
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 36
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 37
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 38
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 39
1478 - 1535
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 41
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 42
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 43
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 44
185 - 254
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 45
872 - 951
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 46
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 47
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 48
Among people born in 544 BC, Sun Tzu ranks 1. Among people deceased in 496 BC, Sun Tzu ranks 1. After her is Titus Herminius Aquilinus.
Among people born in China, Sun Tzu ranks 6 out of 1,392. Before her are Confucius (-551), Mao Zedong (1893), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Huang Xianfan (1899), and Laozi (-604). After her are Zheng He (1387), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), and Sima Qian (-145).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 91.76
Rank: 1
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 2
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 3
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 4
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 5
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 6
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 8
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 9
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 10
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 11
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
Among philosophers born in China, Sun Tzu ranks 3. Before her are Confucius (-551) and Laozi (-604). After her are Mencius (-372), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Mozi (-470), Zhu Xi (1130), Han Fei (-280), Xun Kuang (-313), Milarepa (1052), Shen Kuo (1031), and Wang Yangming (1472).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 91.76
Rank: 1
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 2
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 3
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 4
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 5
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 6
1130 - 1200
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 7
280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 8
313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 9
1052 - 1135
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 10
1031 - 1095
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 11
1472 - 1529
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 12