1795 - 1881
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Carlyle attended the University of Edinburgh where he excelled in mathematics, inventing the Carlyle circle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Carlyle has received more than 2,024,901 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Thomas Carlyle is the 246th most popular philosopher (down from 232nd in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Philosopher.
Thomas Carlyle is most famous for his book "The French Revolution" which he wrote in 1837.
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Among philosophers, Thomas Carlyle ranks 246 out of 1,081. Before him are Epimenides, Nikolai Berdyaev, Guy Debord, François Fénelon, Apollodorus of Athens, and Ivan Illich. After him are Theano, Ibn al-Nafis, Celsus, Vyasa, Orosius, and Jacques Maritain.
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 240
1874 - 1948
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 241
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 242
1651 - 1715
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 243
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 244
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 245
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 246
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 247
1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 248
200 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 249
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 250
375 - 420
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 251
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 252
Among people born in 1795, Thomas Carlyle ranks 6. Before him are James K. Polk, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Leopold von Ranke, John Keats, and Anna Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Antonio José de Sucre, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Dred Scott, and John William Polidori. Among people deceased in 1881, Thomas Carlyle ranks 8. Before him are Alexander II of Russia, Modest Mussorgsky, Billy the Kid, Benjamin Disraeli, Lewis H. Morgan, and James A. Garfield. After him are Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Auguste Mariette, Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Nikolay Pirogov.
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
1795 - 1861
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1795 - 1886
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1795 - 1865
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 8
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 12
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 2
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 3
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 4
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 5
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 6
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 7
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 8
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 9
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 11
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Carlyle ranks 407 out of 7,765. Before him are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Jim Clark (1936), Millvina Dean (1912), Joseph Lister (1827), and Thomas Gainsborough (1727). After him are Charles Glover Barkla (1877), William Baffin (1584), Richard Wright (1943), Alan Parker (1944), David Lean (1908), and James Parkinson (1755).
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 401
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 402
1936 - 1968
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 403
1912 - 2009
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 404
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 405
1727 - 1788
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 406
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 407
1877 - 1944
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 408
1584 - 1622
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 409
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 410
1944 - 2020
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 411
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 412
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 413
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Carlyle ranks 16. Before him are Joseph Priestley (1733), John Venn (1834), Duns Scotus (1265), John Wycliffe (1324), Alcuin (735), and Pelagius (360). After him are William Godwin (1756), G. E. Moore (1873), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), A. S. Neill (1883), E. H. Carr (1892), and J. L. Austin (1911).
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 10
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 11
1265 - 1308
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 12
1324 - 1384
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 13
735 - 804
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 14
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 15
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 16
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 17
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 18
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 19
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 20
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 21
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 22