1889 - 1976
Martin Heidegger (; German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈhaɪdɛɡɐ]; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is often considered to be among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th century. In April 1933, Heidegger was elected as rector at the University of Freiburg and was widely criticized for his membership and support for the Nazi Party during his time as rector. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Heidegger has received more than 5,142,311 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Martin Heidegger is the 32nd most popular philosopher (up from 33rd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Germany (down from 28th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Philosopher.
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is most famous for the idea of "being-in-the-world."
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Among philosophers, Martin Heidegger ranks 32 out of 1,081. Before him are Auguste Comte, Friedrich Engels, Averroes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Baruch Spinoza. After him are Anaximander, Al-Ghazali, Diogenes, Laozi, Rajneesh, and David Hume.
1798 - 1857
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 26
1820 - 1895
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 27
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 28
535 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 29
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 30
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 31
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 32
610 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 33
1058 - 1111
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 34
404 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 35
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 36
1931 - 1990
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 37
1711 - 1776
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1889, Martin Heidegger ranks 3. Before him are Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin. After him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jawaharlal Nehru, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jean Cocteau, Edwin Hubble, Anna Akhmatova, Arnold J. Toynbee, Ante Pavelić, and Vaslav Nijinsky. Among people deceased in 1976, Martin Heidegger ranks 3. Before him are Mao Zedong and Agatha Christie. After him are Howard Hughes, Werner Heisenberg, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Bernard Montgomery, Fritz Lang, and Jean Gabin.
1889 - 1945
HPI: 94.10
Rank: 1
1889 - 1977
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 3
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 4
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 5
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 6
1889 - 1963
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 7
1889 - 1953
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 8
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 10
1889 - 1959
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 11
1889 - 1950
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 12
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
1890 - 1976
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 3
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 4
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 6
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 7
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 8
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Martin Heidegger ranks 31 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Engels (1820), Frederick the Great (1712), Johannes Brahms (1833), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Max Planck (1858), and Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859). After him are Hermann Hesse (1877), Karl Dönitz (1891), Robert Schumann (1810), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Hermann Göring (1893).
1820 - 1895
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 25
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 26
1833 - 1897
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 27
1900 - 1945
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 28
1858 - 1947
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 29
1859 - 1941
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 30
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 31
1877 - 1962
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 32
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 33
1810 - 1856
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 34
1759 - 1805
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 35
1891 - 1944
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 36
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 37
Among philosophers born in Germany, Martin Heidegger ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Friedrich Engels (1820). After him are Hannah Arendt (1906), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Karl Jaspers (1883), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), and Carl von Clausewitz (1780).
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 1
1770 - 1831
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1820 - 1895
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 3
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 4
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 5
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 6
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 7
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 8
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 9
1775 - 1854
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 10
1401 - 1464
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 11
1780 - 1831
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 12