1954 - 2011
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira e Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates [ˈsɔkɾat͡ʃis], was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with style and quality of his play, earned him the nickname "Doctor Socrates". Easily recognizable for his beard and headband, Sócrates became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sócrates has received more than 2,187,230 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Sócrates is the 30th most popular soccer player (down from 27th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Brazil and the 6th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.
Socrates is most famous for his dialectic method of inquiry, which he used to teach his students.
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Among soccer players, Sócrates ranks 30 out of 16,880. Before him are Raymond Kopa, Sándor Kocsis, Rivellino, Mário Zagallo, Just Fontaine, and Gunnar Nordahl. After him are Didi, Carlos Alberto Torres, Vavá, Stanley Matthews, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and Mircea Lucescu.
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 24
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 25
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 26
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 27
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 28
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 29
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 30
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 31
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 32
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 33
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 35
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1954, Sócrates ranks 11. Before him are Denzel Washington, Hugo Chávez, Alexander Lukashenko, John Travolta, Viktor Yushchenko, and James Cameron. After him are Emir Kusturica, Oprah Winfrey, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Shinzō Abe, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Dieter Bohlen. Among people deceased in 2011, Sócrates ranks 14. Before him are Cesária Évora, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Sathya Sai Baba, Peter Falk, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Wangari Maathai. After him are Joe Frazier, Annie Girardot, Ágota Kristóf, Ramiz Alia, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and Flórián Albert.
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 5
1954 - 2013
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 7
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 9
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 10
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 14
1954 - 2022
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 16
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 17
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 8
1940 - 2011
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 9
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 10
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 11
1926 - 2011
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 12
1940 - 2011
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 14
1944 - 2011
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 15
1931 - 2011
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 16
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 17
1924 - 2011
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 18
1921 - 2011
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 19
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 20
Among people born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 15 out of 2,067. Before him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), Mário Zagallo (1931), Jorge Amado (1912), and Emerson Fittipaldi (1946). After him are Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Paulo Freire (1921), João Havelange (1916), Vavá (1934), and Michel Temer (1940).
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 9
1825 - 1891
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 11
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 12
1912 - 2001
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 14
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 16
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 17
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 18
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 19
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 21
Among soccer players born in Brazil, Sócrates ranks 6. Before him are Pelé (1940), Garrincha (1933), Zico (1953), Rivellino (1946), and Mário Zagallo (1931). After him are Didi (1928), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Vavá (1934), Ronaldinho (1980), Ronaldo (1976), and Romário (1966).
1940 - 2022
HPI: 85.54
Rank: 1
1933 - 1983
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 4
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 5
1954 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 6
1928 - 2001
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 7
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 8
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 12