1941 - 2001
David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Lewis has received more than 470,233 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David Lewis is the 858th most popular philosopher (down from 734th in 2019), the 3,647th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,774th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, David Lewis ranks 858 out of 1,081. Before him are Antoine Berman, G. E. M. Anscombe, Michael Baius, Aleksey Khomyakov, Zeno of Tarsus, and Bahya ibn Paquda. After him are Edmund Gettier, Léon Brunschvicg, Anandavardhana, Franciscus Gomarus, Liu Yuxi, and František Tomášek.
1942 - 1991
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 852
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 853
1513 - 1589
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 854
1804 - 1860
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 855
250 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 856
1050 - 1120
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 857
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 858
1927 - 2021
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 859
1869 - 1944
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 860
820 - 890
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 861
1563 - 1641
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 862
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 863
1899 - 1992
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 864
Among people born in 1941, David Lewis ranks 219. Before him are Boris Vallejo, Félix Rodríguez, Patricio Guzmán, Paul Kantner, Harald Nielsen, and Emmett Till. After him are Robert Guéï, Leonid Kizim, George Pell, Josep Maria Fusté, Walid Muallem, and John Henry Schwarz. Among people deceased in 2001, David Lewis ranks 112. Before him are Ken Aston, Nigel Hawthorne, Rehavam Ze'evi, Viktor Astafyev, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia. After him are Kathleen Freeman, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Henri Alekan, Ilie Verdeț, and Leila Pahlavi.
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 213
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 214
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 215
1941 - 2016
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 216
1941 - 2015
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 217
1941 - 1955
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 218
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 219
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 220
1941 - 2010
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 221
1941 - 2023
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 222
1941 - 2023
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 223
1941 - 2020
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 224
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 225
1915 - 2001
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 106
1929 - 2001
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 107
1926 - 2001
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 108
1924 - 2001
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 109
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 110
1906 - 2001
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 111
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 112
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 113
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 114
1910 - 2001
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 115
1909 - 2001
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 116
1925 - 2001
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 117
1970 - 2001
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, David Lewis ranks 3,647 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Blake (1933), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), James Nachtwey (1948), Keir Dullea (1936), Randall Duk Kim (1943), and Jim Abrahams (1944). After him are John Wesley Hardin (1853), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Laura Bridgman (1829), Peter Hyams (1943), Alice B. Toklas (1877), and Kathleen Freeman (1919).
1933 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 3,641
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 3,642
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 3,643
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,644
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,645
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,646
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,647
1853 - 1895
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,648
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,649
1829 - 1889
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,650
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,651
1877 - 1967
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,652
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,653
Among philosophers born in United States, David Lewis ranks 34. Before him are Helen Parkhurst (1886), Eric Hoffer (1898), Donald Davidson (1917), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Nancy Fraser (1947), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902). After him are Edmund Gettier (1927), Susanne Langer (1895), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lon L. Fuller (1902), and Lysander Spooner (1808).
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
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 32
1902 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 33
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 34
1927 - 2021
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 35
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 36
1861 - 1934
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 37
1932 - 2007
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 38
1902 - 1978
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 39
1808 - 1887
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 40