PHILOSOPHER
Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gayā in what is now India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gautama Buddha is the most popular philosopher (up from 4th in 2019), the most popular biography from Nepal and the most popular Nepalese Philosopher.
Gautama Buddha is most famous for being the founder of Buddhism. He is also famous for his teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Gautama Buddha ranks 1 out of 1,267. After him are Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, René Descartes, Avicenna, Laozi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baruch Spinoza.
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Gautama Buddha
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 99.48
Rank: 1
Aristotle
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.25
Rank: 2
Plato
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.94
Rank: 3
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.90
Rank: 4
Confucius
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.57
Rank: 5
Pythagoras
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 93.36
Rank: 6
Immanuel Kant
1724 - 1804
HPI: 92.35
Rank: 7
René Descartes
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.12
Rank: 8
Avicenna
980 - 1037
HPI: 92.05
Rank: 9
Laozi
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 91.85
Rank: 10
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712 - 1778
HPI: 91.27
Rank: 11
Baruch Spinoza
1632 - 1677
HPI: 90.63
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 566 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1. Among people deceased in 452 BC, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.
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Among people born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1 out of 59. After him are Yaśodharā (-600), Maya (-600), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944).
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PHILOSOPHER
566 BC - 452 BC
HPI: 99.48
Rank: 1
Yaśodharā
POLITICIAN
600 BC - Present
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 2
Maya
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 3
Tenzing Norgay
MOUNTAINEER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 4
Mahapajapati Gotami
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 5
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 6
KP Sharma Oli
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 7
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 8
Rāhula
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
534 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 9
Śuddhodana
POLITICIAN
590 BC - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 10
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
CELEBRITY
1939 - 2015
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 11
Ram Chandra Poudel
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 12
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Nepal
Among philosophers born in Nepal, Gautama Buddha ranks 1.
