Philosopher

Thomas Aquinas

Italian philosopher and theologian

1225 - 1274

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Thomas Aquinas

His biography is available in 158 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 149 in 2024). Thomas Aquinas is the 19th most popular philosopher (down from 17th in 2024), the 17th most popular biography from Italy (down from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Philosopher.

Thomas Aquinas is most famous for his work in the 13th century on the relationship between faith and reason.

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#17 / 5,905

Thomas Aquinas ranks #17 among 5,905 people in Pantheon born in Italy, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Thomas Aquinas's biography appears in 158 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Philosophers.

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About 752 years after death, Thomas Aquinas still holds rank #166 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Among Philosophers

Among philosophers, Thomas Aquinas ranks 19 out of 1,285. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Augustine of Hippo, Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thales of Miletus, and Heraclitus. After him are Diogenes, Erasmus, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Locke, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Montesquieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1225, Thomas Aquinas ranks 1. After him are Pope Innocent V, Nicola Pisano, Gertrude of Hohenberg, Isabelle of France, David VI of Georgia, John XI of Constantinople, Coppo di Marcovaldo, Bolesław the Pious, Sanchia of Provence, Konrad von Würzburg, and Władysław Opolski. Among people deceased in 1274, Thomas Aquinas ranks 1. After him are Bonaventure, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Robert de Sorbon, Henry I of Navarre, Wonjong of Goryeo, Emperor Duzong, Prince Munetaka, and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

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Thomas Aquinas
PHILOSOPHER
1225 - 1274
HPI: 88.70
Rank: 1
Pope Innocent V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1225 - 1276
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 2
Nicola Pisano
SCULPTOR
1225 - 1284
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 3
Gertrude of Hohenberg
COMPANION
1225 - 1281
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 4
Isabelle of France
POLITICIAN
1225 - 1270
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 5
David VI of Georgia
POLITICIAN
1225 - 1293
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 6
John XI of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1225 - 1297
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 7
Coppo di Marcovaldo
PAINTER
1225 - 1276
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 8
Bolesław the Pious
POLITICIAN
1225 - 1279
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 9
Sanchia of Provence
NOBLEMAN
1225 - 1261
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 10
Konrad von Würzburg
WRITER
1225 - 1287
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 11
Władysław Opolski
NOBLEMAN
1225 - 1281
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 12