1918 - 2007
Ian Pretyman Stevenson (October 31, 1918 – February 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist. He worked for the University of Virginia School of Medicine for fifty years, as chair of the department of psychiatry from 1957 to 1967, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry from 1967 to 2001, and Research Professor of Psychiatry from 2002 until his death.As founder and director of the university's Division of Perceptual Studies, which investigates the paranormal, Stevenson became known for his research into cases he considered suggestive of reincarnation, the idea that emotions, memories, and even physical bodily features can be transferred from one life to another. Over a period of forty years in international fieldwork, he investigated three thousand cases of children who claimed to remember past lives. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Stevenson has received more than 353,700 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Stevenson is the 619th most popular philosopher (down from 618th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Canada (up from 89th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Ian Stevenson ranks 619 out of 1,089. Before him are Pierre Charron, Maurice Blondel, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, William Paley, Roman Ingarden, and Zeno of Sidon. After him are Dignāga, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Fulbert of Chartres, Zhiyi, Arete of Cyrene, and Jean-Marie Guyau.
1541 - 1603
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 613
1861 - 1949
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 614
1806 - 1881
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 615
1743 - 1805
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 616
1893 - 1970
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 617
150 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 618
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 619
480 - 540
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 620
1769 - 1860
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 621
960 - 1028
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 622
538 - 597
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 623
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 624
1854 - 1888
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 625
Among people born in 1918, Ian Stevenson ranks 89. Before him are W. Eugene Smith, Edwin G. Krebs, Bebo Valdés, Choi Hong Hi, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, and Huber Matos. After him are Helmut Lent, Gara Garayev, Theodore Sturgeon, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Lo Wei, and Ben Johnson. Among people deceased in 2007, Ian Stevenson ranks 87. Before him are Maria Gripe, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Aaron Russo, Kisho Kurokawa, Michael Jackson, and Paul Cohen. After him are Delbert Mann, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Steve Fossett, Nobuo Matsunaga, Luigi Comencini, and Denny Doherty.
1918 - 1978
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 83
1918 - 2009
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 84
1918 - 2013
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 85
1918 - 2002
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 86
1918 - 1990
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 87
1918 - 2014
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 88
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 89
1918 - 1944
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 90
1918 - 1982
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 91
1918 - 1985
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 92
1918 - 1970
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 93
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 94
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 95
1923 - 2007
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 81
1914 - 2007
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 82
1943 - 2007
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 83
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 84
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 85
1934 - 2007
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 86
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 87
1920 - 2007
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 88
1914 - 2007
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 89
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 90
1921 - 2007
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 91
1916 - 2007
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 92
1940 - 2007
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 93
Among people born in Canada, Ian Stevenson ranks 85 out of 1,130. Before him are Victor Garber (1949), Norman Jewison (1926), John Candy (1950), Maurice Richard (1921), Jacques Villeneuve (1971), and Brian Tracy (1944). After him are Joe Weider (1919), Norma Shearer (1902), Jack L. Warner (1892), Gerald Bull (1928), James Doohan (1920), and Wayne Gretzky (1961).
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 79
1926 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 80
1950 - 1994
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 81
1921 - 2000
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 82
1971 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 83
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 84
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 85
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 86
1902 - 1983
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 87
1892 - 1978
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 88
1928 - 1990
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 89
1920 - 2005
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 90
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 91
Among philosophers born in Canada, Ian Stevenson ranks 3. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911) and Charles Taylor (1931). After him are Ian Hacking (1936), Northrop Frye (1912), G. A. Cohen (1941), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Patricia Churchland (1943), Paul Churchland (1942), Leonard Peikoff (1933), and Will Kymlicka (1962).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 2
1918 - 2007
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 3
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 4
1912 - 1991
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 5
1941 - 2009
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 6
1904 - 1984
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 9
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 11