1953 - Today
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West's primary philosophy focuses on the roles of race, gender, and class struggle in American society. A socialist, West draws intellectual contributions from multiple traditions, including Christianity, the black church, democratic socialism, left-wing populism, neopragmatism, and transcendentalism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornel West has received more than 5,193,271 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Cornel West is the 1,143rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,068th in 2019), the 10,383rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,672nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Cornel West ranks 1,143 out of 1,081. Before him are J. J. C. Smart, Roderick Chisholm, Mary Midgley, Wendy Brown, Stanley Fish, and Michael Novak. After him are David Benatar, Peter Kreeft, Nick Land, James Dunn, Dugald Stewart, and Leonard Peikoff.
1920 - 2012
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 1,137
1916 - 1999
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 1,138
1919 - 2018
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,139
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 1,140
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 1,141
1933 - 2017
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 1,142
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 1,143
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 1,144
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 1,145
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 1,146
1939 - 2020
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 1,147
1753 - 1828
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 1,148
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 1,149
Among people born in 1953, Cornel West ranks 469. Before him are Vangelis Meimarakis, Walter Novellino, Marillyn Hewson, Sayan Sanya, Hasse Borg, and Albert Pyun. After him are Caspar Memering, Aurlus Mabélé, Franco Selvaggi, Erich Obermayer, Kaarlo Maaninka, and Paul Mariner.
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 463
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 464
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 465
1953 - 2013
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 466
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 467
1953 - 2022
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 468
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 469
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 470
1953 - 2020
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 471
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 472
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 473
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 474
1953 - 2021
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 475
Among people born in United States, Cornel West ranks 10,383 out of 18,182. Before him are John Litel (1892), Lila Lee (1905), Rick Rosenthal (1949), Michael Moorer (1967), Mona Freeman (1926), and Jerry Rice (1962). After him are Charlie Dominici (1951), George Karl (1951), Keiko Agena (1973), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Andrew Wood (1966), and Charles Dierkop (1936).
1892 - 1972
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 10,377
1905 - 1973
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 10,378
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 10,379
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,380
1926 - 2014
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,381
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,382
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,383
1951 - 2023
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,384
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,385
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,386
1900 - 2004
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,387
1966 - 1990
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,388
1936 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 10,389
Among philosophers born in United States, Cornel West ranks 79. Before him are Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), C. I. Lewis (1883), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Stanley Fish (1938), and Michael Novak (1933). After him are Peter Kreeft (1937), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Stephen Walt (1955), William A. Dembski (1960), and Richard Carrier (1969).
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 73
1825 - 1921
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 74
1883 - 1964
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 75
1916 - 1999
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 76
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 77
1933 - 2017
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 78
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 79
1937 - Present
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 80
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 81
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 82
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 83
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.21
Rank: 84