1892 - 1971
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America's leading public intellectuals for several decades of the 20th century and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. A public theologian, he wrote and spoke frequently about the intersection of religion, politics, and public policy, with his most influential books including Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhold Niebuhr has received more than 1,867,490 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhold Niebuhr is the 557th most popular philosopher (up from 585th in 2019), the 1,977th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,994th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 557 out of 1,081. Before him are Bernardino Telesio, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Zhou Dunyi, Luis de Molina, Werner Jaeger, and Georges Canguilhem. After him are Ludwig Büchner, Jacques Ellul, Stein Rokkan, Étienne Balibar, Zengzi, and Karl Leonhard Reinhold.
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 551
331 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 552
1017 - 1073
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 553
1535 - 1600
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 554
1888 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 555
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 556
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 557
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 558
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 559
1921 - 1979
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 560
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 561
504 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 562
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 563
Among people born in 1892, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 79. Before him are Germaine Tailleferre, Kang Pan-sok, Richard Neutra, César Vallejo, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, and Thomas Mitchell. After him are Basil Rathbone, Mikhail Gurevich, Jack L. Warner, Walther Nehring, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and Agnes Smedley. Among people deceased in 1971, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 48. Before him are Marcel Dupré, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Gene Vincent, Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodríguez, and Georgy Dobrovolsky. After him are Margaret Bourke-White, John Boyd Orr, Ub Iwerks, Vladislav Volkov, Duane Allman, and Helene Weigel.
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 73
1892 - 1932
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 74
1892 - 1970
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 75
1892 - 1938
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 76
1892 - 1940
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 77
1892 - 1962
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 78
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 79
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 80
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 81
1892 - 1978
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 82
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 83
1892 - 1965
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 84
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 85
1886 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 42
1914 - 1971
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 43
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 44
1936 - 1971
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 45
1940 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 46
1928 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 47
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 48
1904 - 1971
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 49
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 50
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 51
1935 - 1971
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 52
1946 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 53
1900 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 54
Among people born in United States, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 1,977 out of 18,182. Before him are Ian Somerhalder (1978), Elizabeth George (1949), Donna Reed (1921), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Neil Patrick Harris (1973), and Susan Atkins (1948). After him are Abigail Adams (1744), Téa Leoni (1966), Spiro Agnew (1918), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Beau Bridges (1941), and Donald O'Connor (1925).
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 1,971
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,972
1921 - 1986
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1,973
1892 - 1962
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1,974
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1,975
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,976
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,977
1744 - 1818
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,978
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,979
1918 - 1996
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 1,980
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,981
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,982
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,983
Among philosophers born in United States, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 21. Before him are Tom Regan (1938), Murray Bookchin (1921), Saul Kripke (1940), Arthur Danto (1924), Charles W. Morris (1903), and Jonathan Edwards (1703). After him are Mary Parker Follett (1868), Jerry Fodor (1935), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Michael Walzer (1935), and Ted Nelson (1937).
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 15
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 16
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 17
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 18
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 19
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