1936 - 2023
Ian MacDougall Hacking (February 18, 1936 – May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Hacking has received more than 417,747 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ian Hacking is the 900th most popular philosopher (up from 914th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Canada (up from 206th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Ian Hacking ranks 900 out of 1,081. Before him are Tomáš Halík, Frederick Copleston, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and Porcia. After him are Leo Baeck, Boris Parygin, Cineas, Georges Florovsky, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, and Lon L. Fuller.
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 894
1907 - 1994
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 895
932 - 1000
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 896
1873 - 1962
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 897
1903 - 1994
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 898
100 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 899
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 900
1873 - 1956
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 901
1930 - 2012
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 902
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 903
1893 - 1979
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 904
1802 - 1872
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 905
1902 - 1978
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 906
Among people born in 1936, Ian Hacking ranks 226. Before him are Stella Stevens, Joe E. Tata, Antonio María Rouco Varela, Antonio Gades, Edvard Radzinsky, and Moacir Claudino Pinto. After him are Zdeněk Svěrák, Antonin Scalia, Ivonka Survilla, Knud Enemark Jensen, Michel Aumont, and Lars Gustafsson. Among people deceased in 2023, Ian Hacking ranks 160. Before him are Richard Roundtree, María Kodama, Hugh Hudson, Earl Boen, Stella Stevens, and Torben Ulrich. After him are Walter Cunningham, Vera Krepkina, Ilya Kabakov, Bobby Hull, Ralph Boston, and Joss Ackland.
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 220
1936 - 2022
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 221
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 222
1936 - 2004
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 223
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 224
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 225
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 226
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 227
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 228
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 229
1936 - 1960
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 230
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 231
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 232
1942 - 2023
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 154
1937 - 2023
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 155
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 156
1945 - 2023
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 157
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 158
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 159
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 160
1932 - 2023
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 161
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 162
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 163
1939 - 2023
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 164
1939 - 2023
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 165
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 166
Among people born in Canada, Ian Hacking ranks 191 out of 1,350. Before him are Jean Béliveau (1931), David Johnston (1941), Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), Bret Hart (1957), and Alfred Aho (1941). After him are Gabrielle Roy (1909), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), Harold Innis (1894), and Alanis Morissette (1974).
1931 - 2014
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 185
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 187
1922 - 1987
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 188
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 189
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 190
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 191
1909 - 1983
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 192
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 193
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 194
1948 - 1998
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 195
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 196
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 197
Among philosophers born in Canada, Ian Hacking ranks 4. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), and Ian Stevenson (1918). After him are Patricia Churchland (1943), Northrop Frye (1912), G. A. Cohen (1941), 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