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Academics · #Literature

Top Academics for #Literature

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Top Academics for #Literature on Fame.am. 100 profiles ranked.

Tag
#Literature
Category
Academics
Total profiles
100
Top person
Socrates
#ΔPersonCountryCategoryFameMomentum~
#1newSocrates
Socrates
Writing
Brazil flagBrazilAcademics67.5
10.0
#2newAristotle
Aristotle
Directing
—Academics66.3
10.0
#3newNiccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Writing
—Academics65.1
10.4
#4newImmanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
—Academics62.2
10.0
#5newAugustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
—Academics62.1
11.9
#6newAlexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics60.7
12.3
#7newFriedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
—Academics60.7
10.0
#8newConfucius
Confucius
—Academics60.2
10.2
#9newRené Descartes
René Descartes
France flagFranceAcademics59.0
10.0
#10newThucydides
Thucydides
—Academics57.8
10.0
#11newPlato
Plato
Writing
—Academics56.3
0.0
#12newGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
—Academics51.6
10.1
#13newGautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
—Academics51.2
0.7
#14newHannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
—Academics51.1
2.9
#15newErasmus
Erasmus
—Academics50.4
10.5
#16newJean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Directing
—Academics50.2
0.0
#17newRudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner
—Academics50.0
11.0
#18newPythagoras
Pythagoras
—Academics49.6
0.7
#19newJosephus
Josephus
—Academics46.5
10.0
#20newJordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
Canada flagCanadaAcademics46.3
0.6
#21newAdam Smith
Adam Smith
Crew
—Academics45.9
0.0
#22newThomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
—Academics45.7
1.1
#23newBede
Bede
—Academics44.8
16.1
#24newJane Goodall
Jane Goodall
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics44.4
0.0
#25newSøren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
—Academics43.8
1.5
#26newRajneesh
Rajneesh
India flagIndiaAcademics43.7
0.0
#27newAthanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria
—Academics43.2
5.0
#28newLaozi
Laozi
Acting
—Academics42.9
0.0
#29newNoam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics42.6
0.5
#30newHerodotus
Herodotus
—Academics42.4
0.0
#31newArthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
—Academics42.0
0.4
#32newFrancis Bacon
Francis Bacon
—Academics41.8
0.0
#33newMichel Foucault
Michel Foucault
France flagFranceAcademics41.4
0.0
#34newLudwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics39.9
10.1
#35newFriedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
—Academics39.9
0.7
#36newWilliam James Sidis
William James Sidis
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics39.8
2.0
#37newViktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl
Austria flagAustriaAcademics39.4
0.6
#38newMikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
—Academics39.4
3.4
#39newJeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
—Academics39.2
2.7
#40newJohn Locke
John Locke
—Academics39.0
0.0
#41newJulius Evola
Julius Evola
Italy flagItalyAcademics38.4
2.4
#42newSeneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
—Academics38.3
0.0
#43newWilliam of Ockham
William of Ockham
—Academics37.9
3.3
#44newBenjamin Constant
Benjamin Constant
Switzerland flagSwitzerlandAcademics37.8
10.0
#45newThales of Miletus
Thales of Miletus
—Academics37.5
1.2
#46newSimone Weil
Simone Weil
France flagFranceAcademics37.3
0.4
#47newDavid Ricardo
David Ricardo
—Academics37.2
5.6
#48newDavid Hume
David Hume
—Academics36.3
0.6
#49newCarl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
—Academics36.1
1.9
#50newMilarepa
Milarepa
—Academics36.0
16.2
#51newEpictetus
Epictetus
—Academics35.7
1.3
#52newChrysippus
Chrysippus
—Academics35.6
4.2
#53newWilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt
Germany flagGermanyAcademics35.3
10.0
#54newJosé Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset
Spain flagSpainAcademics35.1
3.5
#55newRam Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
—Academics34.9
3.0
#56newAntonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
—Academics34.6
0.0
#57newPierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu
France flagFranceAcademics34.3
0.6
#58newSwami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
—Academics33.6
0.0
#59newPliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
—Academics33.5
0.0
#60newEpicurus
Epicurus
—Academics33.1
0.4
#61newKarl Popper
Karl Popper
—Academics33.0
0.4
#62newKabir
Kabir
—Academics32.9
2.6
#63newAdi Shankara
Adi Shankara
—Academics32.9
0.2
#64newHenri Bergson
Henri Bergson
France flagFranceAcademics32.8
1.7
#65newWalter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
—Academics32.8
0.2
#66newThomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
—Academics32.8
0.0
#67newJiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
—Academics32.5
0.0
#68newJacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
France flagFranceAcademics32.4
0.3
#69newSun Tzu
Sun Tzu
—Academics32.1
0.0
#70newHeraclitus
Heraclitus
—Academics31.8
0.0
#71newJohn Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
—Academics31.8
0.1
#72newWilliam James
William James
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics31.7
1.0
#73newPlutarch
Plutarch
—Academics31.6
0.0
#74newGilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze
France flagFranceAcademics31.1
0.0
#75newEric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics31.0
2.7
#76newMontesquieu
Montesquieu
—Academics30.8
0.0
#77newHeinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Schliemann
—Academics30.7
1.8
#78newJacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
France flagFranceAcademics30.7
0.0
#79newAverroes
Averroes
—Academics30.1
0.0
#80newTheodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics30.0
0.0
#81newMichel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
—Academics30.0
0.0
#82newOswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler
Germany flagGermanyAcademics29.1
0.5
#83newIbn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah
—Academics28.9
2.0
#84newAmartya Sen
Amartya Sen
India flagIndiaAcademics28.8
0.0
#85newJohn Dewey
John Dewey
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics28.7
0.0
#86newErich Fromm
Erich Fromm
Germany flagGermanyAcademics28.6
0.2
#87newAlexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
France flagFranceAcademics28.6
0.0
#88newMiguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno
Spain flagSpainAcademics28.5
0.7
#89newEdith Stein
Edith Stein
Germany flagGermanyAcademics28.0
0.4
#90newEmil Cioran
Emil Cioran
—Academics27.9
0.0
#91newTacitus
Tacitus
—Academics27.7
0.0
#92newOrigen
Origen
—Academics27.7
0.0
#93newJohn Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
—Academics27.6
0.4
#94newIbn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun
—Academics27.5
0.0
#95newAnna Freud
Anna Freud
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics27.4
1.2
#96newClaude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss
France flagFranceAcademics27.3
0.0
#97newPolybius
Polybius
—Academics27.2
1.2
#98newXenophon
Xenophon
—Academics27.2
0.0
#99newPierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
France flagFranceAcademics27.1
0.5
#100newGeorge Gurdjieff
George Gurdjieff
—Academics27.0
0.0
  • #1
    Socrates
    Socrates
    Writing
    Stable
    67.5
    Fame
  • #2
    Aristotle
    Aristotle
    Directing
    Stable
    66.3
    Fame
  • #3
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    Writing
    Stable
    65.1
    Fame
  • #4
    Immanuel Kant
    Immanuel Kant
    Falling
    62.2
    Fame
  • #5
    Augustine of Hippo
    Augustine of Hippo
    Stable
    62.1
    Fame
  • #6
    Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton
    Stable
    60.7
    Fame
  • #7
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Stable
    60.7
    Fame
  • #8
    Confucius
    Confucius
    Stable
    60.2
    Fame
  • #9
    René Descartes
    René Descartes
    Stable
    59.0
    Fame
  • #10
    Thucydides
    Thucydides
    Stable
    57.8
    Fame
  • #11
    Plato
    Plato
    Writing
    Stable
    56.3
    Fame
  • #12
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    Stable
    51.6
    Fame
  • #13
    Gautama Buddha
    Gautama Buddha
    Stable
    51.2
    Fame
  • #14
    Hannah Arendt
    Hannah Arendt
    Stable
    51.1
    Fame
  • #15
    Erasmus
    Erasmus
    Stable
    50.4
    Fame
  • #16
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Directing
    Stable
    50.2
    Fame
  • #17
    Rudolf Steiner
    Rudolf Steiner
    Stable
    50.0
    Fame
  • #18
    Pythagoras
    Pythagoras
    Stable
    49.6
    Fame
  • #19
    Josephus
    Josephus
    Stable
    46.5
    Fame
  • #20
    Jordan Peterson
    Jordan Peterson
    Stable
    46.3
    Fame
  • #21
    Adam Smith
    Adam Smith
    Crew
    Stable
    45.9
    Fame
  • #22
    Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas
    Stable
    45.7
    Fame
  • #23
    Bede
    Bede
    Breakout
    44.8
    Fame
  • #24
    Jane Goodall
    Jane Goodall
    Falling
    44.4
    Fame
  • #25
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Stable
    43.8
    Fame
  • #26
    Rajneesh
    Rajneesh
    Stable
    43.7
    Fame
  • #27
    Athanasius of Alexandria
    Athanasius of Alexandria
    Rising
    43.2
    Fame
  • #28
    Laozi
    Laozi
    Acting
    Stable
    42.9
    Fame
  • #29
    Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky
    Stable
    42.6
    Fame
  • #30
    Herodotus
    Herodotus
    Stable
    42.4
    Fame
  • #31
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Stable
    42.0
    Fame
  • #32
    Francis Bacon
    Francis Bacon
    Stable
    41.8
    Fame
  • #33
    Michel Foucault
    Michel Foucault
    Falling
    41.4
    Fame
  • #34
    Ludwig von Mises
    Ludwig von Mises
    Stable
    39.9
    Fame
  • #35
    Friedrich Engels
    Friedrich Engels
    Stable
    39.9
    Fame
  • #36
    William James Sidis
    William James Sidis
    Stable
    39.8
    Fame
  • #37
    Viktor Frankl
    Viktor Frankl
    Stable
    39.4
    Fame
  • #38
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Stable
    39.4
    Fame
  • #39
    Jeremy Bentham
    Jeremy Bentham
    Stable
    39.2
    Fame
  • #40
    John Locke
    John Locke
    Stable
    39.0
    Fame
  • #41
    Julius Evola
    Julius Evola
    Falling
    38.4
    Fame
  • #42
    Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger
    Stable
    38.3
    Fame
  • #43
    William of Ockham
    William of Ockham
    Stable
    37.9
    Fame
  • #44
    Benjamin Constant
    Benjamin Constant
    Rising
    37.8
    Fame
  • #45
    Thales of Miletus
    Thales of Miletus
    Falling
    37.5
    Fame
  • #46
    Simone Weil
    Simone Weil
    Stable
    37.3
    Fame
  • #47
    David Ricardo
    David Ricardo
    Rising
    37.2
    Fame
  • #48
    David Hume
    David Hume
    Stable
    36.3
    Fame
  • #49
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Stable
    36.1
    Fame
  • #50
    Milarepa
    Milarepa
    Breakout
    36.0
    Fame
  • #51
    Epictetus
    Epictetus
    Stable
    35.7
    Fame
  • #52
    Chrysippus
    Chrysippus
    Stable
    35.6
    Fame
  • #53
    Wilhelm Wundt
    Wilhelm Wundt
    Falling
    35.3
    Fame
  • #54
    José Ortega y Gasset
    José Ortega y Gasset
    Stable
    35.1
    Fame
  • #55
    Ram Mohan Roy
    Ram Mohan Roy
    Falling
    34.9
    Fame
  • #56
    Antonio Gramsci
    Antonio Gramsci
    Stable
    34.6
    Fame
  • #57
    Pierre Bourdieu
    Pierre Bourdieu
    Stable
    34.3
    Fame
  • #58
    Swami Vivekananda
    Swami Vivekananda
    Stable
    33.6
    Fame
  • #59
    Pliny the Elder
    Pliny the Elder
    Stable
    33.5
    Fame
  • #60
    Epicurus
    Epicurus
    Stable
    33.1
    Fame
  • #61
    Karl Popper
    Karl Popper
    Stable
    33.0
    Fame
  • #62
    Kabir
    Kabir
    Stable
    32.9
    Fame
  • #63
    Adi Shankara
    Adi Shankara
    Stable
    32.9
    Fame
  • #64
    Henri Bergson
    Henri Bergson
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #65
    Walter Benjamin
    Walter Benjamin
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #66
    Thomas Hobbes
    Thomas Hobbes
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #67
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Stable
    32.5
    Fame
  • #68
    Jacques Lacan
    Jacques Lacan
    Stable
    32.4
    Fame
  • #69
    Sun Tzu
    Sun Tzu
    Falling
    32.1
    Fame
  • #70
    Heraclitus
    Heraclitus
    Stable
    31.8
    Fame
  • #71
    John Stuart Mill
    John Stuart Mill
    Falling
    31.8
    Fame
  • #72
    William James
    William James
    Stable
    31.7
    Fame
  • #73
    Plutarch
    Plutarch
    Stable
    31.6
    Fame
  • #74
    Gilles Deleuze
    Gilles Deleuze
    Stable
    31.1
    Fame
  • #75
    Eric Hobsbawm
    Eric Hobsbawm
    Stable
    31.0
    Fame
  • #76
    Montesquieu
    Montesquieu
    Falling
    30.8
    Fame
  • #77
    Heinrich Schliemann
    Heinrich Schliemann
    Stable
    30.7
    Fame
  • #78
    Jacques Derrida
    Jacques Derrida
    Falling
    30.7
    Fame
  • #79
    Averroes
    Averroes
    Stable
    30.1
    Fame
  • #80
    Theodor W. Adorno
    Theodor W. Adorno
    Stable
    30.0
    Fame
  • #81
    Michel de Montaigne
    Michel de Montaigne
    Stable
    30.0
    Fame
  • #82
    Oswald Spengler
    Oswald Spengler
    Stable
    29.1
    Fame
  • #83
    Ibn Taymiyyah
    Ibn Taymiyyah
    Stable
    28.9
    Fame
  • #84
    Amartya Sen
    Amartya Sen
    Falling
    28.8
    Fame
  • #85
    John Dewey
    John Dewey
    Stable
    28.7
    Fame
  • #86
    Erich Fromm
    Erich Fromm
    Stable
    28.6
    Fame
  • #87
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    Falling
    28.6
    Fame
  • #88
    Miguel de Unamuno
    Miguel de Unamuno
    Stable
    28.5
    Fame
  • #89
    Edith Stein
    Edith Stein
    Stable
    28.0
    Fame
  • #90
    Emil Cioran
    Emil Cioran
    Stable
    27.9
    Fame
  • #91
    Tacitus
    Tacitus
    Falling
    27.7
    Fame
  • #92
    Origen
    Origen
    Stable
    27.7
    Fame
  • #93
    John Wycliffe
    John Wycliffe
    Stable
    27.6
    Fame
  • #94
    Ibn Khaldun
    Ibn Khaldun
    Stable
    27.5
    Fame
  • #95
    Anna Freud
    Anna Freud
    Falling
    27.4
    Fame
  • #96
    Claude Lévi-Strauss
    Claude Lévi-Strauss
    Stable
    27.3
    Fame
  • #97
    Polybius
    Polybius
    Stable
    27.2
    Fame
  • #98
    Xenophon
    Xenophon
    Stable
    27.2
    Fame
  • #99
    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
    Stable
    27.1
    Fame
  • #100
    George Gurdjieff
    George Gurdjieff
    Falling
    27.0
    Fame