Philosophers from Germany

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary German Philosophers of all time. This list of famous German Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of German Philosophers.

1. #1

   

   Friedrich Nietzsche

   1844 - 1900

   HPI 90.17174 languages

   Nietzsche was a German philosopher who is most famous for his idea of the Übermensch.

2. #2

   

   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

   1770 - 1831

   HPI 88.27137 languages

   Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is most famous for his dialectical philosophy, which is a system of thought that moves through thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

3. #3

   

   Friedrich Engels

   1820 - 1895

   HPI 85.72127 languages

   Friedrich Engels is most famous for co-writing the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.

4. #4

   

   Martin Heidegger

   1889 - 1976

   HPI 84.92113 languages

   Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is most famous for the idea of "being-in-the-world."

5. #5

   

   Hannah Arendt

   1906 - 1975

   HPI 82.2991 languages

   Hannah Arendt is most famous for her book "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil."

6. #6

   

   Johann Gottlieb Fichte

   1762 - 1814

   HPI 81.4080 languages

   Johann Gottlieb Fichte is most famous for his philosophy of transcendental idealism.

7. #7

   

   Nicholas of Cusa

   1401 - 1464

   HPI 80.3966 languages

   Nicholas of Cusa is most famous for his work on the infinite and the infinitesimal.

8. #8

   

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

   1775 - 1854

   HPI 80.3269 languages

   Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German philosopher who was most famous for his work in the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of mythology.

9. #9

   

   Karl Jaspers

   1883 - 1969

   HPI 80.2873 languages

   Karl Jaspers is most famous for his philosophical work in the field of existentialism. He was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who was active in the 20th century. He was born in Oldenburg, Germany, on October 18, 1883, and died in Basel, Switzerland, on February 26, 1969.

10. #10

    

    Ludwig Feuerbach

    1804 - 1872

    HPI 80.2273 languages

    Ludwig Feuerbach was most famous for the idea that God is simply a projection of human qualities.