371 BC - 287 BC
Theophrastus (; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized: Theóphrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theophrastus has received more than 1,177,061 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Theophrastus is the 101st most popular philosopher, the 52nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 45th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Greek Philosopher.
Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and naturalist who is most famous for his book Enquiry into Plants, which was the first systematic study of plants.
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Among philosophers, Theophrastus ranks 101 out of 1,081. Before him are Walter Benjamin, Mencius, Zhuang Zhou, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Roland Barthes, and Ibn Taymiyyah. After him are Wilhelm von Humboldt, Henri de Saint-Simon, Jacques Derrida, Aristippus, Joseph Priestley, and Friedrich Fröbel.
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 95
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 96
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 97
1809 - 1865
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 98
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 99
1263 - 1328
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 100
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 101
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 102
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 103
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 104
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 105
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 107
Among people born in 371 BC, Theophrastus ranks 1. After him are Phryne and Marcus Valerius Corvus. Among people deceased in 287 BC, Theophrastus ranks 1. After him are Antipater II of Macedon and Phila.
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
371 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 2
371 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 3
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
400 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 2
400 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 3
Among people born in Greece, Theophrastus ranks 52 out of 936. Before him are Draco (-650), Pindar (-517), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Praxiteles (-395), Olympias (-375), and Handan Sultan (1574). After him are Menander (-342), Pope Sixtus II (215), Xanthippe (-500), Polykleitos (-450), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), and Miltiades (-540).
650 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 46
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 47
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 48
395 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 49
375 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 50
1574 - 1605
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 51
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 52
342 BC - 291 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 53
215 - 258
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 54
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 55
450 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 56
800 BC - 730 BC
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 57
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 58
Among philosophers born in Greece, Theophrastus ranks 11. Before him are Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Protagoras (-486), Plutarch (46), Gorgias (-483), and Leucippus (-500). After him are Pyrrho (-365), Antisthenes (-445), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), Hippias (-443), and Melissus of Samos (-470).
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 5
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 84.58
Rank: 6
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 7
46 - 127
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 8
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 9
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 10
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 11
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 12
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 13
436 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 14
150 - 215
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 15
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 16
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 17