1931 - Today
Charles Margrave Taylor (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best known for his contributions to political philosophy, the philosophy of social science, the history of philosophy, and intellectual history. His work has earned him the Kyoto Prize, the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, and the John W. Kluge Prize. In 2007, Taylor served with Gérard Bouchard on the Bouchard–Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation with regard to cultural differences in the province of Quebec. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Taylor has received more than 133,782 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Charles Taylor is the 399th most popular philosopher (up from 411th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Canada and the 2nd most popular Canadian Philosopher.
Charles Taylor is most famous for his book Sources of the Self, which is a philosophical exploration of the origins of the modern self and its implications for the individual and society.
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Among philosophers, Charles Taylor ranks 399 out of 1,081. Before him are Nicephorus Gregoras, Heinrich Rickert, Luce Irigaray, Christian Thomasius, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Antonio Negri. After him are Nasir Khusraw, Francis Hutcheson, Jyotirao Phule, Ágnes Heller, Étienne Cabet, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.
1295 - 1360
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 393
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 394
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 395
1655 - 1728
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 396
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 397
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 398
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 399
1004 - 1088
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 400
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 401
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 402
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 403
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 404
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 405
Among people born in 1931, Charles Taylor ranks 68. Before him are Viktor Korchnoi, Alfred Brendel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Klaus Hasselmann, Don King, and Clive Cussler. After him are Rita Moreno, Sam Cooke, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Hamilton O. Smith, Anthony de Mello, and Carroll Baker.
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 62
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 63
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 64
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 65
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 66
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 67
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 68
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 69
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 70
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 71
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 72
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 73
1931 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 74
Among people born in Canada, Charles Taylor ranks 48 out of 1,350. Before him are Mary Pickford (1892), Jim Peebles (1935), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), Lois Maxwell (1927), Ryan Reynolds (1976), and Carrie-Anne Moss (1967). After him are Elizabeth Arden (1878), Geneviève Bujold (1942), Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Drake (1986), Ralph M. Steinman (1943), and James Randi (1928).
1892 - 1979
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 42
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 43
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 45
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 46
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 47
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 48
1878 - 1966
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 49
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 50
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 51
1986 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 52
1943 - 2011
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 53
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 54
Among philosophers born in Canada, Charles Taylor ranks 2. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911). After him are Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), Patricia Churchland (1943), Northrop Frye (1912), G. A. Cohen (1941), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Paul Churchland (1942), and Will Kymlicka (1962).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 2
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 3
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 5
1912 - 1991
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 6
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 7
1904 - 1984
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 11