1932 - Today
Alvin Carl Plantinga (born November 15, 1932) is an American analytic philosopher who works primarily in the fields of philosophy of religion, epistemology (particularly on issues involving epistemic justification), and logic. From 1963 to 1982, Plantinga taught at Calvin University before accepting an appointment as the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He later returned to Calvin University to become the inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy.A prominent Christian philosopher, Plantinga served as president of the Society of Christian Philosophers from 1983 to 1986. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvin Plantinga has received more than 863,856 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alvin Plantinga is the 683rd most popular philosopher (up from 764th in 2019), the 2,572nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,948th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Alvin Plantinga ranks 683 out of 1,081. Before him are Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Numenius of Apamea, Kitaro Nishida, William Heard Kilpatrick, Alexius Meinong, and Antonio Rosmini. After him are Émile Boutroux, Jaakko Hintikka, Olaf Stapledon, Jean-Marie Guyau, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Michael Walzer.
1547 - 1621
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 677
200 - 200
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 678
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 679
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 680
1853 - 1920
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 681
1797 - 1855
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 682
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 683
1845 - 1921
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 684
1929 - 2015
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 685
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 686
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 687
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 688
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 689
Among people born in 1932, Alvin Plantinga ranks 134. Before him are Orlando Letelier, Piper Laurie, Jerzy Hoffman, Oleg Protopopov, Gato Barbieri, and Carlyle Glean. After him are John Hillerman, Momoko Kōchi, Félix Malloum, Michael H. Hart, Hassan Al-Turabi, and Jan Jindra.
1932 - 1976
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 128
1932 - 2023
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 129
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 130
1932 - 2023
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 131
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 132
1932 - 2021
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 133
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 134
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 135
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 136
1932 - 2009
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 137
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 138
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 139
1932 - 2021
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 140
Among people born in United States, Alvin Plantinga ranks 2,572 out of 18,182. Before him are Cissy Houston (1933), Robert Hansen (1939), Edward Herrmann (1943), Thomas Eakins (1844), Melissa McCarthy (1970), and David Duke (1950). After him are Patricia Arquette (1968), Claire Lee Chennault (1890), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Bill Duke (1943), John Hillerman (1932), and Don Rickles (1926).
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,566
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,567
1943 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,568
1844 - 1916
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,569
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,570
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,571
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,572
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,573
1890 - 1958
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,574
1914 - 1990
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,575
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,576
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 2,577
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,578
Among philosophers born in United States, Alvin Plantinga ranks 25. Before him are Charles W. Morris (1903), Jonathan Edwards (1703), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Jerry Fodor (1935), and William Heard Kilpatrick (1871). After him are Michael Walzer (1935), Ted Nelson (1937), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Eric Hoffer (1898), Donald Davidson (1917), and Michael J. Sandel (1953).
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 19
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 20
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 21
1868 - 1933
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 22
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 23
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 25
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 27
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 28
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 29
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 30
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 31