1941 - 2009
Gerald Allan Cohen ( KOH-ən; 14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. A. Cohen has received more than 205,693 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). G. A. Cohen is the 1,023rd most popular philosopher (down from 971st in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Canada (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, G. A. Cohen ranks 1,023 out of 1,081. Before him are Northrop Frye, Hubert Dreyfus, Michael Oakeshott, Philip of Opus, Derek Parfit, and Harald Høffding. After him are P. C. Chang, Paul Deussen, Eugenio Garin, Ivan Merz, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, and William Lane Craig.
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
1716 - 1803
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,028
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,029
Among people born in 1941, G. A. Cohen ranks 337. Before him are Eberhard Diepgen, Pepetela, Youcef Yousfi, Christine Delphy, Jesús Moncada, and Arie den Hartog. After him are Anatoly Levchenko, Pat Patterson, Georges Heylens, John Thomas, Rina Zaripova, and Laura Mulvey. Among people deceased in 2009, G. A. Cohen ranks 204. Before him are Juan Carlos Muñoz, Anna Yegorova, Zena Marshall, Juvenal Amarijo, Corín Tellado, and Giacomo Bulgarelli. After him are Richard Todd, Elisabeth Söderström, Otar Chiladze, Alexis Argüello, José Torres, and Barry Flanagan.
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 331
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 332
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 333
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 334
1941 - 2005
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 335
1941 - 2018
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 336
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 337
1941 - 1988
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 338
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 339
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 340
1941 - 2013
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 341
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 342
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 343
1919 - 2009
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 198
1916 - 2009
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 199
1926 - 2009
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 200
1923 - 2009
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 201
1927 - 2009
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 202
1940 - 2009
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 203
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 204
1919 - 2009
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 205
1927 - 2009
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 206
1933 - 2009
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 207
1952 - 2009
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 208
1936 - 2009
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 209
1941 - 2009
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 210
Among people born in Canada, G. A. Cohen ranks 291 out of 1,350. Before him are Susan Clark (1943), Guy Lafleur (1951), George Chuvalo (1937), Philip Guston (1913), Jessalyn Gilsig (1971), and Bob Ezrin (1949). After him are Joe Clark (1939), Peaches (1966), Donal Logue (1966), Georges Vézina (1887), William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie (1847), and Bobby Orr (1948).
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 285
1951 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 286
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 287
1913 - 1980
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 288
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 289
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 290
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 291
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 292
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 293
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 294
1887 - 1926
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 295
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 297
Among philosophers born in Canada, G. A. Cohen ranks 7. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), Patricia Churchland (1943), and Northrop Frye (1912). After him are Bernard Lonergan (1904), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Paul Churchland (1942), and Will Kymlicka (1962).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 2
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 3
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 5
1912 - 1991
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 6
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 7
1904 - 1984
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 11