Famous Philosophers - List of Famous Philosophers - page 18

Plato once said ‘Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder’. With this wonder a philosopher expresses his thoughts sometimes making life easier for millions. Commonly called ‘thinkers’, philosophers search for the hidden meanings of things and then nurture it in a system of thoughts. Often, they share these thoughts with the world even though they know the fragility of the society. Philosophers turn their hurtful experiences into lessons and share them to save several others from the vices of life. Education does not necessarily make a philosopher, however a degree is often acquired by many. However, the beauty lies in the fact that no two philosophers are alike. Some are like wine: the older the better, like Socrates; others are meteors like Nietzsche, full of their own brilliance and beauty. Some are drowned in their sorrow and some are hopeful beyond their sorrow. Yet each of them finds a connection with someone and speaks of his own individuality. At every age Philosophers add to life and show that there’s one hidden in each of us. Discover this space for the list of famous Philosophers with their biographies that include trivia and interesting facts about them and also tracing their timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Philosophers

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Carl JungJuly 26, 1875SwissCarl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist famous for founding the school of analytical psychology
Alan WattsJanuary 6, 1915British, AmericanAlan Watts was a famous British philosopher known for his Zen teachings and interpretations of Eastern philosophy
Abdolkarim SoroushDecember 16, 1945IranianAbdolkarim Soroush is a reformer, thinker, and Rumi scholar belonging to Iran
Lao Tzu (Laozi)601 BCChineseLao Tzu was a legendary Chinese philosopher who wrote the important “Daodejing”
Jabir Ibn Hayyan721IranianJabir Ibn Hayyan was a medieval era polymath
William Wallace1270ScottishWilliam Wallace was a Scottish knight who was a central figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence
Karl MarxMay 5, 1818French, German, BritishKarl Marx was a Prussian-German philosopher, revolutionary, historian and socialist whose communist ideologies and works laid the foundation for ‘Marxism’
Pythagoras570 BCGreekPythagoras of Samos was a Greek mathematician and philosopher
Leon TrotskyNovember 7, 1879Russian, UkrainianLeon Trotsky was a Russian politician, a Marxist revolutionary and the founder and the first leader of the Red Army
Jean PiagetAugust 9, 1896SwissJean Piaget was a psychologist and philosopher known for his theory of cognitive development
John Locke

John Locke

John Locke was a 17th century English philosopher and physician known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism"

BritishAugust 29, 1632369 views

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician and physicist who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities

FrenchJune 19, 1623187 views

Sam Harris

Sam Harris is an author, neuroscientist, philosopher, and critic of religion

AmericanApril 9, 1967196 views

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a famous 19th century German philosopher and philologist

GermanOctober 15, 1844282 views

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was an Italian Astronomer and Scientist

ItalianFebruary 15, 1564271 views

David Hume

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian, known for his radical philosophical scepticism and empiricism

ScottishApril 26, 1711322 views

William James

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist

AmericanJanuary 11, 1842165 views

Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist, better known as the teacher of Alexander the Great

Greek384 BC266 views

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was a legendary English statesman and philosopher

BritishJanuary 22, 1561145 views

Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author & journalist, who contributed greatly to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism