1926 - 2016
Hilary Whitehall Putnam (; July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist, and a major figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. Outside philosophy, Putnam contributed to mathematics and computer science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hilary Putnam has received more than 864,401 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Hilary Putnam is the 309th most popular philosopher (down from 307th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from United States (down from 760th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Philosopher.
Hilary Putnam is most famous for his work in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mathematics.
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Among philosophers, Hilary Putnam ranks 309 out of 1,081. Before him are Johann Reuchlin, Miskawayh, Abraham ibn Ezra, Anne Sullivan, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, and Asanga. After him are Speusippus, Jacobus Arminius, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Ammonius Saccas, Justus Lipsius, and Sebastian Brant.
1455 - 1522
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 303
932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 304
1089 - 1167
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 305
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 306
1155 - 1191
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 307
300 - 301
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 308
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 309
407 BC - 339 BC
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 310
1560 - 1609
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 311
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 312
175 - 242
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 313
1547 - 1606
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 314
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 315
Among people born in 1926, Hilary Putnam ranks 41. Before him are Jack Brabham, Vivian Maier, Richard Crenna, Neal Cassady, Necmettin Erbakan, and Beji Caid Essebsi. After him are Louise Hay, Maria Schell, Irwin Rose, Mel Brooks, Valdas Adamkus, and Ingeborg Bachmann. Among people deceased in 2016, Hilary Putnam ranks 39. Before him are Věra Čáslavská, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, George Gaynes, James Cronin, and Walter Scheel. After him are Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, Robert Vaughn, and Reinhard Selten.
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 35
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 36
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 37
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 40
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 41
1926 - 2017
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 42
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 44
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 45
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 46
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 47
1942 - 2016
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 33
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 34
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 35
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 36
1931 - 2016
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 37
1919 - 2016
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 39
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 40
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 41
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 43
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 44
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 45
Among people born in United States, Hilary Putnam ranks 805 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles H. Townes (1915), Joseph Campbell (1904), Robert Solow (1924), Danny Glover (1946), John Belushi (1949), and Theodore Schultz (1902). After him are Stanford Moore (1913), Ice-T (1958), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Louise Hay (1926), Christopher Lambert (1957), and Bugsy Siegel (1906).
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 799
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 800
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 801
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 802
1949 - 1982
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 803
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 804
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 805
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 806
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 807
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 808
1926 - 2017
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 809
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 810
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 811
Among philosophers born in United States, Hilary Putnam ranks 6. Before him are John Rawls (1921), George Herbert Mead (1863), Robert Nozick (1938), John Searle (1932), and Anne Sullivan (1866). After him are Richard Rorty (1931), Daniel Dennett (1942), Judith Butler (1956), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), and Nelson Goodman (1906).
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 1
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 2
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 3
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 5
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 6
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 9
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 10
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 11
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12