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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 1,822,259 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Thiruvalluvar is the 600th most popular philosopher (up from 699th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from India (up from 209th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Philosopher.

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  • 24

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  • 2.83

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  • 3.06

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thiruvalluvar ranks 600 out of 1,081. Before him are Maurice Blondel, Paul Nizan, Johannes Sturm, Pietro d'Abano, Roman Ingarden, and Nicola Abbagnano. After him are Johann Christoph Gottsched, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Yves Bonnefoy, John Austin, Aeschines of Sphettus, and David Hartley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Thiruvalluvar ranks 8. Before him are Thaïs, Ardashir II, Plutarch of Athens, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Dalmatius, and Hermeric. After him are Octar, Gogugyang of Goguryeo, Vithimiris, Sosurim of Goguryeo, Bonifacius, and Flavius Dalmatius. Among people deceased in 351, Thiruvalluvar ranks 1. 

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In India

Among people born in India, Thiruvalluvar ranks 204 out of 1,493. Before him are Dharmendra (1935), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Amrish Puri (1932), and Hema Malini (1948). After him are Aamir Khan (1965), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Vandana Shiva (1952), Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), and Shah Alam II (1728).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Thiruvalluvar ranks 31. Before him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Chandrakirti (600), Narayana Guru (1855), Dignāga (480), and Eknath (1533). After him are Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Rishabhanatha (null), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Debendranath Tagore (1817).

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