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PHILOSOPHER

Peter Lamborn Wilson

1945 - 2022

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Peter Lamborn Wilson (October 20, 1945 – May 22, 2022) was an American anarchist author and poet, primarily known for his concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones, short-lived spaces which elude formal structures of control. During the 1970s, Wilson lived in the Middle East, where he explored mysticism and translated Persian texts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Lamborn Wilson has received more than 338,449 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Lamborn Wilson is the 931st most popular philosopher (up from 957th in 2019), the 4,336th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,016th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Peter Lamborn Wilson ranks 931 out of 1,081Before him are Ajita Kesakambali, Édouard Le Roy, Lysander Spooner, Charondas, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Critolaus. After him are Samuel Alexander, Ogyū Sorai, Gargi Vachaknavi, Olof Celsius, Carl Dahlhaus, and Imran N. Hosein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Peter Lamborn Wilson ranks 249Before him are Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Leif G. W. Persson, Faina Melnik, Carrie Snodgress, Polad Bülbüloğlu, and Herman van Veen. After him are Kim Larsen, Nadezhda Chizhova, José Manuel Fuente, Michael Cristofer, Philippe Ouédraogo, and Ken Livingstone. Among people deceased in 2022, Peter Lamborn Wilson ranks 205Before him are Pablo Milanés, Antonios Naguib, Maryan Wisniewski, Edgar Savisaar, Christopher Alexander, and Yi-Fu Tuan. After him are Fidel Ramos, John Aniston, Kunimitsu Takahashi, William Klein, Milutin Šoškić, and Herman Van Springel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Lamborn Wilson ranks 4,336 out of 18,182Before him are George Duke (1946), Sylvester (1947), Sienna Miller (1981), Tommy Flanagan (1930), Charley Patton (1891), and Bryan Singer (1965). After him are Dan O'Bannon (1946), Sam J. Jones (1954), Joe Morton (1947), Dick Miller (1928), Haskell Curry (1900), and Mike Porcaro (1955).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Peter Lamborn Wilson ranks 41Before him are Edmund Gettier (1927), Susanne Langer (1895), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lon L. Fuller (1902), and Lysander Spooner (1808). After him are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Susan George (1934), Ram Dass (1931), Mary Daly (1928), Harry Frankfurt (1929), and Amos Bronson Alcott (1799).