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Thiruvalluvar

350 - 351

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Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thiruvalluvar has received more than 1,929,122 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thiruvalluvar is the 581st most popular philosopher (up from 600th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from India (down from 201st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thiruvalluvar ranks 581 out of 1,267. Before him are Charles W. Morris, Cesare Ripa, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Ludwig Büchner, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, and Conrad Celtes. After him are Kanada, Alcidamas, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Étienne Balibar, and André Gorz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Thiruvalluvar ranks 7. Before him are Hypatia, Plutarch of Athens, Dalmatius, Thaïs, Ardashir II, and Hermeric. After him are Theodore of Mopsuestia, Octar, Vithimiris, Naemul of Silla, Bonifacius, and Richomeres. Among people deceased in 351, Thiruvalluvar ranks 1. 

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In India

Among people born in India, Thiruvalluvar ranks 202 out of 1,861. Before him are Hema Malini (1948), Andal (800), Kuvempu (1904), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924). After him are Feroze Gandhi (1912), Ram Narayan (1927), Guru Angad (1504), Parshvanatha (-872), Morarji Desai (1896), and Charan Singh (1902).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Thiruvalluvar ranks 27. Before him are Jyotirao Phule (1827), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Shantideva (685), Narayana Guru (1855), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Dignāga (480), Chandrakirti (600), Eknath (1533), Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), and Sarada Devi (1853).

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