PHILOSOPHER

David Benatar

1966 - Today

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David Benatar (born 8 December 1966) is a South African philosopher, academic, and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Benatar has received more than 649,560 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Benatar is the 1,240th most popular philosopher (down from 1,144th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 177th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, David Benatar ranks 1,240 out of 1,267. Before him are Julia Annas, Will Kymlicka, Chinmayananda Saraswati, Stephen Walt, James Dunn, and William Ames. After him are Peter Kreeft, Richard Crashaw, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Nel Noddings, Leonard Peikoff, and Paul Churchland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, David Benatar ranks 423. Before him are Vincenzo Sospiri, Andrew Wood, Stéphane Brizé, Rodney Mullen, Liz Cheney, and Niklas Zennström. After him are Sarita Choudhury, Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, Yevgeny Mironov, Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes, Edwig Van Hooydonck, and Cláudia Raia.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, David Benatar ranks 200 out of 454. Before him are Charlbi Dean (1990), Baleka Mbete (1949), Govan Mbeki (1910), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Robert Fowler (1931), and Kimbal Musk (1972). After him are Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Damon Galgut (1963), Joan Harrison (1935), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), and Luki Botha (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In South Africa

Among philosophers born in South Africa, David Benatar ranks 2. Before him are John McDowell (1942).

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