Famous philosophers

person with an extensive knowledge of philosophy

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All Alive Deceased
Petrarch

Petrarch

1304 – 1374 · Age 69
Deceased
Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

1667 – 1745 · Age 77
Deceased
David Hilbert

David Hilbert

1862 – 1943 · Age 81
Deceased
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

1877 – 1962 · Age 85
Deceased
Thales

Thales

Deceased
Plutarch

Plutarch

0040 – 0120
Deceased
Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

1883 – 1931 · Age 48
Deceased
Rumi

Rumi

1207 – 1273 · Age 66
Deceased
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

1588 – 1679 · Age 91
Deceased
Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

0973 – 1014 · Age 41
Deceased
Seneca

Seneca

Deceased
David Hume

David Hume

1711 – 1776 · Age 65
Deceased
Montesquieu

Montesquieu

1689 – 1755 · Age 66
Deceased
Euripides

Euripides

Deceased
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

1832 – 1898 · Age 65
Deceased
Erasmus

Erasmus

1466 – 1536 · Age 69
Deceased
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 – 1882 · Age 78
Deceased
Democritus

Democritus

Deceased
Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen

1866 – 1925 · Age 58
Deceased
Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

1932 – 2016 · Age 84
Deceased
Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

1548 – 1600 · Age 52
Deceased
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

1713 – 1784 · Age 70
Deceased
B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

1891 – 1956 · Age 65
Deceased
Epicurus

Epicurus

Deceased
John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

1806 – 1873 · Age 66
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q4964182