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PHILOSOPHER

Harry Frankfurt

1929 - 2023

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Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Frankfurt has received more than 430,980 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Harry Frankfurt is the 975th most popular philosopher (up from 997th in 2019), the 4,968th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,769th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Harry Frankfurt ranks 975 out of 1,081. Before him are Mary Daly, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ernest Nagel, Friedrich Paulsen, Bernard Stiegler, and Abdolkarim Soroush. After him are Persaeus, Amos Bronson Alcott, Guillaume Faye, Carole Pateman, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, and Sedulius Scottus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Harry Frankfurt ranks 270. Before him are József Tóth, Barry Harris, Carlo Ubbiali, John Osborne, Vija Artmane, and Karin Lindberg. After him are Jimmy Cobb, Henri Pousseur, Francesco Alberoni, Jürgen Ehlers, Michael Harner, and Prahlad Jani. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Frankfurt ranks 196. Before him are Antoni Martí, Michel Deville, Colin Burgess, Álvaro Colom, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Romualdo Arppi Filho. After him are Fathima Beevi, Francesco Alberoni, Yuri Manin, Elisabeth Kopp, Ken Block, and Burhan Sargun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Frankfurt ranks 4,968 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Adams (1838), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Kathryn Morris (1969), Dr. John (1941), Richard C. Sarafian (1930), and Sue Grafton (1940). After him are John C. Frémont (1813), Hedda Hopper (1885), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Sam Jaffe (1891), and Richard Carpenter (1946).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Harry Frankfurt ranks 46. Before him are Lysander Spooner (1808), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Susan George (1934), Ram Dass (1931), and Mary Daly (1928). After him are Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Stanley Cavell (1926), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Allan Bloom (1930), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), and William Lane Craig (1949).

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