1954 - Today
Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( AP-ee-ah; born 8 May 1954) is a British American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, before moving to New York University (NYU) in 2014. He holds an appointment at the NYU Department of Philosophy and NYU's School of Law. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kwame Anthony Appiah has received more than 918,592 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kwame Anthony Appiah is the 1,155th most popular philosopher (down from 1,076th in 2019), the 5,298th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,941st in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 1,155 out of 1,081. Before him are Leonard Peikoff, Yuval Steinitz, Paul Churchland, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Christine Korsgaard, and Richard Crashaw. After him are Stephen Walt, Will Kymlicka, Julia Annas, Alex Callinicos, N. T. Wright, and Colin McGinn.
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 1,149
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 1,150
1942 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 1,151
1924 - 2019
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 1,152
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 1,153
1612 - 1649
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 1,154
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 1,155
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 1,156
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 1,157
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 1,158
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 1,159
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 1,160
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 1,161
Among people born in 1954, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 527. Before him are Daina Taimiņa, Kimmy Robertson, James Gleick, Brian Teacher, Peter Mueller, and Enzo Moavero Milanesi. After him are D. W. Moffett, Andrea Gyarmati, Sandra Cisneros, Marek Kusto, Djimrangar Dadnadji, and George Galloway.
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 521
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 522
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 523
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 524
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 525
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 526
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 527
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 528
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 529
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 530
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 531
1954 - 2019
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 532
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.93
Rank: 533
Among people born in United Kingdom, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 5,298 out of 7,765. Before him are John Curry (1949), Brian Cox (1968), Gillian Gilbert (1961), Martin Atkinson (1971), Cleo Laine (1927), and John Waite (1952). After him are Mary Rand (1940), Raquel Cassidy (1968), Arthur Owen (1915), Ann Sidney (1944), Jonny Evans (1988), and Alex McLeish (1959).
1949 - 1994
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,292
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,293
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,294
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,295
1927 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,296
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 5,297
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,298
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,299
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,300
1915 - 2002
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 5,301
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 5,302
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 5,303
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 5,304
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 94. Before him are Mary Midgley (1919), Nick Land (1962), James Dunn (1939), Dugald Stewart (1753), Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924), and Richard Crashaw (1612). After him are N. T. Wright (1948) and Colin McGinn (1950).
1919 - 2018
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 88
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 89
1939 - 2020
HPI: 40.30
Rank: 90
1753 - 1828
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 91
1924 - 2019
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 92
1612 - 1649
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 93
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 94
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 95
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 96