PHILOSOPHER

Gustavo Gutiérrez

1928 - Today

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Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino (born 8 June 1928) is a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest, regarded as one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. He currently holds the John Cardinal O'Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and has previously been a visiting professor at many major universities in North America and Europe.He studied medicine and literature at the National University of San Marcos, where he also became involved with Catholic Action, which greatly influenced his theological arguments. At the Theology Faculty of Leuven in Belgium and Lyon, France, he began studying theology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustavo Gutiérrez has received more than 399,541 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustavo Gutiérrez is the 662nd most popular philosopher (down from 660th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Peru (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gustavo Gutiérrezs by language

Over the past year Gustavo Gutiérrez has had the most page views in the with 46,491 views, followed by Spanish (20,316), and Portuguese (5,741). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Quechua (56.72%), Egyptian Arabic (45.16%), and Hebrew (41.94%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gustavo Gutiérrez ranks 662 out of 1,267. Before him are Florian Znaniecki, Paul Virilio, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Svetozar Marković, Cebes, and Leo the Mathematician. After him are Dignāga, Mario Bunge, Stein Rokkan, Alfred Schmidt, Jaakko Hintikka, and Guarino da Verona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gustavo Gutiérrez ranks 141. Before him are James Randi, Victor Stănculescu, Joseph Kittinger, Ulric Neisser, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Vidal Sassoon. After him are Henry Silva, Otto F. Kernberg, Anne Sexton, Petr Ginz, Shulamit Aloni, and Veljko Bulajić.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Gustavo Gutiérrez ranks 34 out of 287. Before him are Sinchi Roca (1230), Inca Roca (1350), Dina Boluarte (1962), Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910), Yawar Waqaq (1380), and Sayri Túpac (1535). After him are Alejandro Toledo (1946), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), Lloque Yupanqui (1260), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), and Mayta Cápac (1290).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Peru

Among philosophers born in Peru, Gustavo Gutiérrez ranks 1. 

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