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Reinhold Niebuhr

1892 - 1971

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Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 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 1,952,157 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhold Niebuhr is the 616th most popular philosopher (down from 557th in 2019), the 2,056th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,976th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 616 out of 1,267. Before him are Antonio Rosmini, Roman Ingarden, Constantin von Tischendorf, R. G. Collingwood, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, and Berengar of Tours. After him are Kuno Fischer, Marpa Lotsawa, Dharmakirti, Vilém Flusser, Kitaro Nishida, and Antonio Labriola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 88. Before him are J. B. S. Haldane, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Thomas Mitchell, Jack L. Warner, Stanisław Sosabowski, and Arnold Hauser. After him are Konstantin Paustovsky, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Alice Ball, Radola Gajda, Djuna Barnes, and Nikolai Polikarpov. Among people deceased in 1971, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 48. Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Helene Weigel, Mathilde Kschessinska, Ub Iwerks, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, and Gene Vincent. After him are Ralph Bunche, Vladislav Volkov, T. V. Soong, Jo Siffert, Philippe Thys, and J. D. Bernal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 2,056 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Ry Cooder (1947), Tim Allen (1953), King Vidor (1894), Warren Christopher (1925), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After him are James Bowie (1796), Marisa Tomei (1964), Ashley Judd (1968), Liberace (1919), Wayne Shorter (1933), and Lin Shaye (1943).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Reinhold Niebuhr ranks 21. Before him are Saul Kripke (1940), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Tom Regan (1938), Arthur Danto (1924), Charles W. Morris (1903), and Nancy Fraser (1947). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Michael Walzer (1935), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), and James Mark Baldwin (1861).

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