PHILOSOPHER

Paul Kurtz

1925 - 2012

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Paul Kurtz (December 21, 1925 – October 20, 2012) was an American scientific skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called "the father of secular humanism". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Kurtz has received more than 235,625 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Kurtz is the 1,075th most popular philosopher (up from 1,093rd in 2019), the 5,615th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,387th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Kurtz ranks 1,075 out of 1,267. Before him are Eudorus of Alexandria, Joseph Raz, Johann Eduard Erdmann, Karl Ludwig von Haller, Camillo Berneri, and Anna Tumarkin. After him are Heymann Steinthal, P. C. Chang, Adolf Grünbaum, Mario Tronti, Amina Wadud, and Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Kurtz ranks 289. Before him are Virginia E. Johnson, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Geir Hallgrímsson, Isidore Isou, Gustav Winckler, and Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. After him are Julian Beck, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Ilona Novák, Leslie Laing, Italo De Zan, and Alec McCowen. Among people deceased in 2012, Paul Kurtz ranks 245. Before him are James Farentino, Moshe Sanbar, Mike Wallace, Susanne Lothar, Armand Penverne, and Sergio Livingstone. After him are John Keegan, Isuzu Yamada, Txillardegi, Vladimir Krutov, Maeve Binchy, and Carmen Basilio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Kurtz ranks 5,615 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Gross (1947), John Diehl (1950), James Edward Keeler (1857), Jim Reeves (1923), Budge Patty (1924), and Conrad Nagel (1897). After him are Kevin Dunn (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Bill Bryson (1951), and Odetta (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Paul Kurtz ranks 49. Before him are Ram Dass (1931), Stanley Cavell (1926), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Josiah Royce (1855), Mary Daly (1928), and Hubert Dreyfus (1929). After him are Amina Wadud (1952), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Richard Posner (1939), Ned Block (1942), Susan George (1934), and Michael Hardt (1960).

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