1901 - 1985
Eric Voegelin (born Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin, German: [ˈføːgəliːn]; January 3, 1901 – January 19, 1985) was a German-American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, where he became an associate professor of political science in the law faculty. In 1938, he and his wife fled from the Nazi forces which had entered Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Voegelin has received more than 442,836 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Eric Voegelin is the 568th most popular philosopher (down from 551st in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,508th in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Eric Voegelin ranks 568 out of 1,081. Before him are Zengzi, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Henry Corbin, Anaxarchus, James Ussher, and Johann Bernhard Basedow. After him are Paul Virilio, Zhang Daoling, Barlaam of Seminara, Yang Zhu, Thomas Reid, and Hans Blumenberg.
504 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 562
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 563
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 564
380 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 565
1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 566
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 567
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 568
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 569
34 - 156
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 570
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 571
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 572
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 573
1920 - 1996
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 574
Among people born in 1901, Eric Voegelin ranks 76. Before him are Raimundo Orsi, Mildred Harris, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Gino Cervi, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and Yang Kaihui. After him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Barbara Cartland, George Gallup, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Ub Iwerks, and Alexander Fadeyev. Among people deceased in 1985, Eric Voegelin ranks 50. Before him are Cus D'Amato, Jean-Marie Loret, Kim Yong-sik, Tancredo Neves, Henry Hathaway, and David Byron. After him are Ruth Gordon, Louise Brooks, Zarifa Aliyeva, Michael Redgrave, Herbert Bayer, and Wellington Koo.
1901 - 1986
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 70
1901 - 1944
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 71
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 72
1901 - 1974
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 73
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 74
1901 - 1930
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 75
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 76
1901 - 1964
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 77
1901 - 2000
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 78
1901 - 1984
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 79
1901 - 1997
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 80
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 81
1901 - 1956
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 82
1908 - 1985
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 44
1918 - 1985
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 45
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 46
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 47
1898 - 1985
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 48
1947 - 1985
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 49
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 50
1896 - 1985
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 51
1906 - 1985
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 52
1923 - 1985
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 53
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 54
1900 - 1985
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 55
1888 - 1985
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 56
Among people born in Germany, Eric Voegelin ranks 1,654 out of 6,142. Before him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Hartmut Michel (1948), Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723), Walter Simons (1861), Udo Dirkschneider (1952), and August Kundt (1839). After him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), and Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670).
1487 - 1559
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,648
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,649
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,650
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,651
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,652
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,653
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,654
1821 - 1876
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,655
1346 - 1379
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,656
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,657
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,658
1730 - 1813
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,659
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,660
Among philosophers born in Germany, Eric Voegelin ranks 76. Before him are Conrad Celtes (1459), Eugen Fink (1905), Eduard Spranger (1882), Werner Jaeger (1888), Ludwig Büchner (1824), and Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723). After him are Hans Blumenberg (1920), Hermann Lotze (1817), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Johannes Sturm (1507), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781).
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 70
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 71
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 72
1888 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 73
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 74
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 75
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 76
1920 - 1996
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 77
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 78
1815 - 1874
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 79
1507 - 1589
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 80
1769 - 1860
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 81
1781 - 1832
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 82