PHILOSOPHER

Richard David Precht

1964 - Today

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Richard David Precht (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈdaːvɪt ˈpʁɛçt]; born 8 December 1964) is a German philosopher and author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues. He hosts the TV show "Precht" on ZDF. He was an honorary professor of philosophy at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg from 2011 to October 2023 and is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard David Precht has received more than 230,806 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard David Precht is the 1,227th most popular philosopher (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 5,421st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,676th in 2019) and the 150th most popular German Philosopher.

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  • 43.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard David Precht ranks 1,227 out of 1,267. Before him are Catherine Malabou, Charles Hartshorne, Roderick Chisholm, Michael Novak, Peter Geach, and Antoinette Brown Blackwell. After him are C. I. Lewis, Alice von Hildebrand, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Raya Dunayevskaya, Norman Malcolm, and Christine Korsgaard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Richard David Precht ranks 403. Before him are Gary McAllister, Frode Grodås, Rosie Perez, Luis Medina Cantalejo, Ludmila Engquist, and Lisa Cholodenko. After him are Nie Haisheng, Markku Kanerva, Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Ben Daniels, Adam Yauch, and María Dueñas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard David Precht ranks 5,421 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Vollmar (1936), Artur Knautz (1911), Ozan Güven (1975), Alfred Braun (1888), Egon Günther (1927), and Dieter Schubert (1943). After him are Gisela Birkemeyer (1931), Georg Bühler (1837), Alva Noto (1965), Ulrike Richter (1959), Anni Holdmann (1900), and Armin Rohde (1955).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Richard David Precht ranks 150. Before him are Dieter Henrich (1927), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), Hermann Lietz (1868), Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), Walter Kaufmann (1921), and Volker Zotz (1956).

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