1904 - 1997
Josef Pieper (German: [ˈpiːpɐ]; 4 May 1904 – 6 November 1997) was a German Catholic philosopher and an important figure in the resurgence of interest in the thought of Thomas Aquinas in early-to-mid 20th-century philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Pieper has received more than 192,540 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Josef Pieper is the 965th most popular philosopher (down from 879th in 2019), the 3,490th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,881st in 2019) and the 118th most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Josef Pieper ranks 965 out of 1,081. Before him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Stanisław Staszic, Alexander Men, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Ram Dass, and Jaimini. After him are Jerzy Żuławski, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Alice von Hildebrand, Mary Daly, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Ernest Nagel.
1935 - 2021
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 959
1755 - 1826
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 960
1935 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 961
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 962
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 963
390 BC - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 964
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 965
1874 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 966
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 967
1923 - 2022
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 968
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 969
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 970
1901 - 1985
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 971
Among people born in 1904, Josef Pieper ranks 185. Before him are Grete Stern, Ibrahim Moustafa, Clarence Nash, Antonin Magne, Salomėja Nėris, and Dmitri Ivanenko. After him are Balys Dvarionas, Georges Miez, Semyon Ignatyev, Gavriil Popov, Alger Hiss, and Attila Petschauer. Among people deceased in 1997, Josef Pieper ranks 149. Before him are Sándor Végh, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Robert H. Dicke, René Huyghe, Seni Pramoj, and Salvador Artigas. After him are Léon Poliakov, Bengt Danielsson, Charles Hallahan, Georgy Shonin, Cahit Arf, and Natallia Arsiennieva.
1904 - 1999
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 179
1904 - 1968
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 180
1904 - 1985
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 181
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 182
1904 - 1945
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 183
1904 - 1994
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 184
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 185
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 186
1904 - 1999
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 187
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 188
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 189
1904 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 190
1904 - 1943
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 191
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 143
1923 - 1997
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 144
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 145
1906 - 1997
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 146
1905 - 1997
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 147
1913 - 1997
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 148
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 149
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 150
1921 - 1997
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 151
1943 - 1997
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 152
1935 - 1997
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 153
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 154
1903 - 1997
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 155
Among people born in Germany, Josef Pieper ranks 3,490 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), Dankmar Adler (1844), Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Paul Warburg (1868), Udo Voigt (1952), and Friedrich Silcher (1789). After him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772), Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), Konrad Wolf (1925), Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), and Ruth Westheimer (1928).
1887 - 1943
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,484
1844 - 1900
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,485
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,486
1868 - 1932
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,487
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,488
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,489
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,490
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,491
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,492
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,493
1925 - 1982
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,494
1965 - 1995
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,495
1928 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,496
Among philosophers born in Germany, Josef Pieper ranks 118. Before him are Albrecht Ritschl (1822), Leo Löwenthal (1900), Gabriel Biel (1418), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Rudolf Stammler (1856), and Heymann Steinthal (1823). After him are Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Robert Spaemann (1927), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), Rüdiger Safranski (1945), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), and Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761).
1822 - 1889
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 112
1900 - 1993
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 113
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 114
1928 - 1989
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 115
1856 - 1938
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 116
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 117
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 118
1846 - 1908
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 119
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 120
1786 - 1842
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 121
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 122
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 123
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 124