1942 - 2017
Derek Antony Parfit (; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.Parfit rose to prominence in 1971 with the publication of his first paper, "Personal Identity". His first book, Reasons and Persons (1984), has been described as the most significant work of moral philosophy since the 1800s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Parfit has received more than 817,535 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Derek Parfit is the 1,021st most popular philosopher (down from 1,002nd in 2019), the 799th most popular biography from China (down from 735th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Chinese Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Derek Parfit ranks 1,021 out of 1,081. Before him are Allan Bloom, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Northrop Frye, Hubert Dreyfus, Michael Oakeshott, and Philip of Opus. After him are Harald Høffding, G. A. Cohen, P. C. Chang, Paul Deussen, Eugenio Garin, and Ivan Merz.
1930 - 1992
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,015
1503 - 1572
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 1,016
1912 - 1991
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,017
1929 - 2017
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 1,018
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 1,019
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 1,020
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 1,021
1843 - 1931
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,022
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 1,023
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,024
1845 - 1919
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 1,025
1909 - 2004
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 1,026
1896 - 1928
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 1,027
Among people born in 1942, Derek Parfit ranks 391. Before him are Tomasz Stańko, David Proval, Ilija Pantelić, Fernando Vallejo, Carl Douglas, and Billy Bremner. After him are Wojciech Pszoniak, János Farkas, Brandon deWilde, Rubén Salazar Gómez, Marcia Wallace, and Deirdre McCloskey. Among people deceased in 2017, Derek Parfit ranks 285. Before him are Hrvoje Šarinić, Hubert Dreyfus, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Lombardy, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, and Ruth Pfau. After him are Oleg Vidov, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Prodigy, Roberto Ferreiro, Ulli Lommel, and Zoltan Sarosy.
1942 - 2018
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 385
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 386
1942 - 2014
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 387
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 388
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 389
1942 - 1997
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 390
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 391
1942 - 2020
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 392
1942 - 1989
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 393
1942 - 1972
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 394
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 395
1942 - 2013
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 396
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 397
1935 - 2017
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 279
1929 - 2017
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 280
1946 - 2017
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 281
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 282
1948 - 2017
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 283
1929 - 2017
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 284
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 285
1943 - 2017
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 286
1953 - 2017
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 287
1974 - 2017
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 288
1935 - 2017
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 289
1944 - 2017
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 290
1906 - 2017
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 291
Among people born in China, Derek Parfit ranks 799 out of 1,392. Before him are Lisa Lu (1927), Song Renqiong (1909), Huang Ju (1938), Yan Lianke (1958), Yu Dafu (1896), and Lang Ping (1960). After him are Chang Wanquan (1949), Shi Zhengli (1964), Wen Yiduo (1899), P. C. Chang (1892), Zhang Jie (1937), and Bei Dao (1949).
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 793
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 794
1938 - 2007
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 795
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 796
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 797
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 798
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 799
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 800
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 801
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 802
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 803
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 804
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 805
Among philosophers born in China, Derek Parfit ranks 41. Before him are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), and Zhang Binglin (1868). After him are P. C. Chang (1892) and Liang Shuming (1893).
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 35
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 36
1895 - 1990
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 37
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 38
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 39
1868 - 1936
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 40
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 41
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 42
1893 - 1988
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 43