Philosopher

Jürgen Habermas

1929 - 2026

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His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2024). Jürgen Habermas is the 90th most popular philosopher (down from 76th in 2024), the 127th most popular biography from Germany (down from 86th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Philosopher.

Jürgen Habermas is most famous for his work in the philosophy of language and communicative action. He is also known for his theories of democracy and the public sphere.

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Among Philosophers

Among philosophers, Jürgen Habermas ranks 90 out of 1,267. Before him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Theophrastus, Porphyry, Athanasius of Alexandria, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. After him are Mencius, Johann Gottfried Herder, John of Damascus, Aristippus, George Berkeley, and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jürgen Habermas ranks 12. Before him are Audrey Hepburn, Lev Yashin, Milan Kundera, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bud Spencer, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. After him are Imre Kertész, Sergio Leone, Ed Asner, Hassan II of Morocco, Christopher Plummer, and Jacques Brel. Among people deceased in 2026, Jürgen Habermas ranks 2. Before him is Ali Khamenei. After him are Chuck Norris, Robert Duvall, Erich von Däniken, Rifaat al-Assad, Valentino, Ilia II of Georgia, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Anthony James Leggett, and Birutė Galdikas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Habermas ranks 127 out of NaN. Before him are Philip Melanchthon (1497), Arminius (-17), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Erich Honecker (1912), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), and Willy Brandt (1913). After him are Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Frederick III, German Emperor (1831).

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Among Philosophers In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Jürgen Habermas ranks 12. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Karl Jaspers (1883), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), and Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846). After him are Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Walter Benjamin (1892), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Meister Eckhart (1260), and Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900).

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