1935 - Today
Michael Laban Walzer (born March 3, 1935) is an American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics—many in political ethics—including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, Zionism, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Walzer has received more than 498,633 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Michael Walzer is the 689th most popular philosopher (up from 778th in 2019), the 2,638th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,042nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Michael Walzer ranks 689 out of 1,081. Before him are Alvin Plantinga, Émile Boutroux, Jaakko Hintikka, Olaf Stapledon, Jean-Marie Guyau, and Nisargadatta Maharaj. After him are Theophan Prokopovich, Frithjof Schuon, Volin, Salomon Maimon, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Nausiphanes.
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 683
1845 - 1921
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 684
1929 - 2015
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 685
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 686
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 687
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 688
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 689
1681 - 1736
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 690
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 691
1882 - 1945
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 692
1754 - 1800
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 693
1080 - 1165
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 694
400 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 695
Among people born in 1935, Michael Walzer ranks 120. Before him are Mario Camus, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Marc Augé, Donald P. Bellisario, Helmut Lachenmann, and Diane Ladd. After him are Ján Popluhár, Annie Proulx, Mohamed Choukri, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Khalil al-Wazir, and Robert Conrad.
1935 - 2021
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 114
1935 - 1980
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 115
1935 - 2023
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 116
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 117
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 118
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 119
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 120
1935 - 2011
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 121
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 122
1935 - 2003
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 123
1935 - 2012
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 124
1935 - 1988
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 125
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 126
Among people born in United States, Michael Walzer ranks 2,638 out of 18,182. Before him are George B. McClellan (1826), Tom Savini (1946), Nelson Algren (1909), Carmine Coppola (1910), Joseph Heller (1923), and Sugar Ray Leonard (1956). After him are Everett McGill (1945), Jonathan Larson (1960), Pam Grier (1949), Angelo Dundee (1921), Carly Simon (1945), and Pancho Gonzales (1928).
1826 - 1885
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,632
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,633
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,634
1910 - 1991
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 2,635
1923 - 1999
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 2,636
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 2,637
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,638
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,639
1960 - 1996
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,640
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,641
1921 - 2012
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,642
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,643
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,644
Among philosophers born in United States, Michael Walzer ranks 26. Before him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Jerry Fodor (1935), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), and Alvin Plantinga (1932). After him are Ted Nelson (1937), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Eric Hoffer (1898), Donald Davidson (1917), Michael J. Sandel (1953), and Nancy Fraser (1947).
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 20
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 21
1868 - 1933
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 22
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 23
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 25
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 27
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 28
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 29
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 30
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 31
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 32