1860 - 1936
John Scott Haldane (; 2 May 1860 – 14/15 March 1936) was a British physician physiologist and philosopher famous for intrepid self-experimentation which led to many important discoveries about the human body and the nature of gases. He also experimented on his son, the celebrated and polymathic biologist J. B. S. Haldane, even when he was quite young. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Scott Haldane has received more than 226,578 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Scott Haldane is the 1,013th most popular philosopher (down from 948th in 2019), the 3,000th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,664th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, John Scott Haldane ranks 1,013 out of 1,081. Before him are Yun Hyu, Alois Riehl, Sosipatra, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Hicetas, and John Peckham. After him are Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Allan Bloom, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Northrop Frye, Hubert Dreyfus, and Michael Oakeshott.
1617 - 1680
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 1,007
1844 - 1924
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 1,008
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 1,009
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 1,010
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 1,011
1227 - 1292
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 1,012
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 1,013
1796 - 1879
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,014
1930 - 1992
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,015
1503 - 1572
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 1,016
1912 - 1991
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,017
1929 - 2017
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 1,018
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 1,019
Among people born in 1860, John Scott Haldane ranks 99. Before him are Karl Staaff, Kaarlo Castrén, Johannes Thiele, Frederik van Eeden, Alicia Boole Stott, and Franz Nissl. After him are Józef Bilczewski, Themistoklis Sofoulis, José Figueroa Alcorta, Martin Kukučín, Charles de Broqueville, and Will Keith Kellogg. Among people deceased in 1936, John Scott Haldane ranks 127. Before him are Jean Mermoz, Johan Turi, Leon Wyczółkowski, Edmond Aman-Jean, Wilhelm Solf, and Claudia Muzio. After him are Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Oscar von Sydow, Niels Neergaard, Panagis Tsaldaris, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Alexander Karpinsky.
1860 - 1915
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 93
1860 - 1938
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 94
1860 - 1935
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 95
1860 - 1932
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 96
1860 - 1940
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 97
1860 - 1919
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 98
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 99
1860 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 100
1860 - 1949
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 101
1860 - 1931
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 102
1860 - 1928
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 103
1860 - 1940
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 104
1860 - 1951
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 105
1901 - 1936
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 121
1854 - 1936
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 122
1852 - 1936
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 123
1858 - 1936
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 124
1862 - 1936
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 125
1889 - 1936
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 126
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 127
1859 - 1936
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 128
1873 - 1936
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 129
1854 - 1936
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 130
1868 - 1936
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 131
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 132
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 133
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Scott Haldane ranks 3,000 out of 7,765. Before him are Andrew Latimer (1949), Thomas Gage (1719), Thomas Nashe (1567), Sarah Siddons (1755), John Peckham (1227), and William Wilson (1844). After him are Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), Roger Rees (1944), Glyn Johns (1942), Frederick William Beechey (1796), E. L. James (1963), and Stella McCartney (1971).
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,994
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,995
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,996
1755 - 1831
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,997
1227 - 1292
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2,998
1844 - 1912
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2,999
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 3,000
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 3,001
1944 - 2015
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 3,002
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 3,003
1796 - 1856
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 3,004
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 3,005
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 3,006
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Scott Haldane ranks 68. Before him are Carole Pateman (1940), Anna Kingsford (1846), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Martin Lings (1909), Hector Boece (1465), and John Peckham (1227). After him are Michael Oakeshott (1901), R. M. Hare (1919), John Major (1467), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Richard Price (1723), and Alister McGrath (1953).
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 62
1846 - 1888
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 63
1788 - 1856
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 64
1909 - 2005
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 65
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 66
1227 - 1292
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 67
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 68
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 69
1919 - 2002
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 70
1467 - 1550
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 71
1903 - 1988
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 72
1723 - 1791
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 73
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 74