1927 - 2009
Leszek Kołakowski (; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, such as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kołakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leszek Kołakowski has received more than 452,701 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Leszek Kołakowski is the 418th most popular philosopher (down from 408th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 208th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Philosopher.
Leszek Kołakowski is most famous for his work in the field of Marxism and for his criticism of the Soviet Union.
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Among philosophers, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 418 out of 1,081. Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Bernard of Chartres, Ernest Gellner, Vincent of Beauvais, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Ernesto Laclau. After him are Maine de Biran, Buddhaghosa, Peter Sloterdijk, Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, and Franciscus Patricius.
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 412
1070 - 1130
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 413
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 414
1190 - 1264
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 415
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 416
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 417
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 418
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 419
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 420
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 421
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 422
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 423
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 424
Among people born in 1927, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 61. Before him are Sydney Brenner, John Vane, Harry Mulisch, Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, and Raúl Alfonsín. After him are Romano Mussolini, F. Sherwood Rowland, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, and Herbert Blomstedt. Among people deceased in 2009, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 38. Before him are Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Norman Borlaug, Raúl Alfonsín, Ephraim Katzir, and Ertuğrul Osman. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Gaafar Nimeiry, Natasha Richardson, Toni Sailer, Pavel Popovich, and Patrick McGoohan.
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 55
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 56
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 57
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 58
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 59
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 60
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 61
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 62
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 63
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 64
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 65
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 66
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 67
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 32
1939 - 2009
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 33
1914 - 2009
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 34
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 35
1916 - 2009
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 36
1912 - 2009
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 37
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 38
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 39
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 40
1963 - 2009
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 41
1935 - 2009
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 42
1930 - 2009
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 43
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 44
Among people born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 222 out of 1,454. Before him are Ernst Toller (1893), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), and Emil Ludwig (1881). After him are Ernst Kummer (1810), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), and Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881).
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 216
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 217
1628 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 218
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 219
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 220
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 221
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 222
1810 - 1893
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 223
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 224
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 225
1854 - 1925
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 226
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 227
1881 - 1950
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 228
Among philosophers born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 13. Before him are Jakob Böhme (1575), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), and Heinrich Rickert (1863). After him are Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), Florian Znaniecki (1882), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), and John Cantius (1390).
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 7
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 8
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 9
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 10
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 11
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 12
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 13
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 14
1893 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 15
1882 - 1958
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 16
1485 - 1558
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 17
1928 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 18
1390 - 1473
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 19