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Plutarch (; Ancient Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos, Koinē Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; c. AD 40 – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Plutarch is the 45th most popular philosopher (down from 38th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Greece (down from 18th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Plutarch is most famous for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies that compare the lives of famous Greeks and Romans.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plutarch ranks 45 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Farabi, Lucretius, Rajneesh, Michel de Montaigne, Sun Tzu, and Empedocles. After him are Anaximander, Protagoras, David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Anaxagoras, and John Amos Comenius.

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Among people born in 46, Plutarch ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 127, Plutarch ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 21 out of 1,024. Before him are El Greco (1541), Euripides (-480), Saint Stephen (1), Thucydides (-460), Aeschylus (-525), and Bayezid II (1447). After him are Protagoras (-486), Philip II of Macedon (-382), Kösem Sultan (1590), Sappho (-630), Phidias (-490), and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Plutarch ranks 7. Before him are Aristotle (-384), Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), and Epicurus (-341). After him are Protagoras (-486), Gorgias (-483), Theophrastus (-371), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Antisthenes (-445), and Pyrrho (-365).

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