1895 - 1973
Max Horkheimer (; German: [ˈhɔɐ̯kˌhaɪmɐ]; 14 February 1895 – 7 July 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist who was famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the Frankfurt School of social research. Horkheimer addressed authoritarianism, militarism, economic disruption, environmental crisis, and the poverty of mass culture using the philosophy of history as a framework. This became the foundation of critical theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Horkheimer has received more than 600,002 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Max Horkheimer is the 155th most popular philosopher, the 222nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 217th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Philosopher.
Max Horkheimer is most famous for being one of the founders of the Frankfurt School. The Frankfurt School was a group of philosophers, sociologists, and political theorists who were critical of capitalism and the culture industry.
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Among philosophers, Max Horkheimer ranks 155 out of 1,089. Before him are Adam Weishaupt, Chrysippus, Louis Althusser, Jakob Böhme, Carl Schmitt, and Mikhail Bakhtin. After him are Adi Shankara, Bodhidharma, Ernst Cassirer, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Emmanuel Levinas, and Marquis de Condorcet.
1748 - 1830
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 149
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 150
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 151
1575 - 1624
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 152
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 153
1895 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 154
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 155
788 - 820
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 156
483 - 540
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 157
1874 - 1945
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 158
1768 - 1834
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 159
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 160
1743 - 1794
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 161
Among people born in 1895, Max Horkheimer ranks 12. Before him are Richard Sorge, Buster Keaton, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Nikolai Yezhov, and Mikhail Bakhtin. After him are J. Edgar Hoover, Ernst Jünger, Paul Hindemith, Rudolph Valentino, Amin al-Husseini, and Paul Éluard. Among people deceased in 1973, Max Horkheimer ranks 16. Before him are Fulgencio Batista, Pearl S. Buck, Henri Charrière, Ivan Konev, Abebe Bikila, and Walter Ulbricht. After him are Ludwig von Mises, İsmet İnönü, Paavo Nurmi, John Ford, Hans Kelsen, and Pablo Casals.
1895 - 1944
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 6
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 7
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 8
1895 - 1978
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 9
1895 - 1940
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 10
1895 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 12
1895 - 1972
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 13
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 14
1895 - 1963
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 15
1895 - 1926
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 16
1895 - 1974
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 17
1895 - 1952
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 18
1901 - 1973
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 11
1906 - 1973
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 12
1897 - 1973
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 13
1932 - 1973
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 15
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 16
1881 - 1973
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 17
1884 - 1973
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 18
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 19
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 20
1881 - 1973
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 21
1876 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Max Horkheimer ranks 222 out of 5,289. Before him are Carl Schmitt (1888), Franz Marc (1880), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Karl May (1842), and Kurt von Schleicher (1882). After him are Michael Ende (1929), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), and Albert Kesselring (1885).
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 216
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 217
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 218
1370 - 1435
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 219
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 220
1882 - 1934
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 221
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 222
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 223
1877 - 1946
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 224
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 225
1887 - 1975
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 226
1737 - 1772
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 227
1885 - 1960
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 228
Among philosophers born in Germany, Max Horkheimer ranks 27. Before him are Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Adam Weishaupt (1748), and Carl Schmitt (1888). After him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Max Scheler (1874), Max Stirner (1806), and Rudolf Carnap (1891).
1776 - 1841
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 21
1723 - 1789
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 22
1833 - 1911
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 23
1846 - 1926
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 24
1748 - 1830
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 25
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 26
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 27
1714 - 1762
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 28
1602 - 1680
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 29
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 30
1874 - 1928
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 31
1806 - 1856
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 33