Famous philosophers

person with an extensive knowledge of philosophy

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All Alive Deceased
Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger

1889 – 1976 · Age 86
Deceased
Heraclitus

Heraclitus

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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

1817 – 1862 · Age 44
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Sima Qian

Sima Qian

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel

1936 – 2011 · Age 75
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Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali

1058 – 1111 · Age 53
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Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

1894 – 1963 · Age 69
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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

1533 – 1592 · Age 59
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Ptolemy

Ptolemy

0100 – 0170 · Age 70
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Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson

1859 – 1941 · Age 81
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Chanakya

Chanakya

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Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin

1814 – 1876 · Age 62
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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

1863 – 1902 · Age 39
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George Eliot

George Eliot

1819 – 1880 · Age 61
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Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

1737 – 1809 · Age 72
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Taras Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko

1814 – 1861 · Age 47
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Galen

Galen

0200 – 0300
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Thomas More

Thomas More

1478 – 1535 · Age 57
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Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

1862 – 1949 · Age 86
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Auguste Comte

Auguste Comte

1798 – 1857 · Age 59
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Averroes

Averroes

1126 – 1198 · Age 72
Deceased
Henri Poincaré

Henri Poincaré

1854 – 1912 · Age 58
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Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

1936 – 2025 · Age 89
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C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

1898 – 1963 · Age 64
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Karl Popper

Karl Popper

1902 – 1994 · Age 92
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q4964182