PHILOSOPHER

Richard Carrier

1969 - Today

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Richard Cevantis Carrier (born December 1, 1969) is an American ancient historian. He is a long-time contributor to skeptical websites, including The Secular Web and Freethought Blogs. Carrier has published a number of books and articles on philosophy and religion in classical antiquity, discussing the development of early Christianity from a skeptical viewpoint, and concerning religion and morality in the modern world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Carrier has received more than 543,319 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Carrier is the 1,262nd most popular philosopher (down from 1,166th in 2019), the 17,787th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,721st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 540k

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  • 29.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Carrier ranks 1,262 out of 1,267. Before him are Linda Martín Alcoff, William A. Dembski, Alenka Zupančič, Michel Weber, Alberto Jori, and Taraneh Javanbakht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Richard Carrier ranks 1,010. Before him are Hilary Lindh, Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux, Peter Craig, Michellie Jones, Amma Asante, and CeCe Peniston. After him are Darcey Bussell, Rob Huebel, Beatrice Utondu, Kelly Link, Laura Mersini-Houghton, and Juergen Sommer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Carrier ranks 17,787 out of 20,380. Before him are Jolene Marie Rotinsulu (1996), Shanice (1973), Gigi Ibrahim (1988), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (1996), Spencer Cox (1975), and CeCe Peniston (1969). After him are Jessica Lynch (1983), Brea Grant (1981), Ryan Potter (1995), Jason Kreis (1972), Derek Hough (1985), and Terrell Owens (1973).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Richard Carrier ranks 93. Before him are Peter Kreeft (1937), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Nel Noddings (1929), Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Stanley Fish (1938), and William A. Dembski (1960).

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