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Richard Posner

1939 - Today

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Richard Allen Posner (; born January 11, 1939) is an American legal scholar who served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017. A senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, Posner was identified by The Journal of Legal Studies as the most-cited legal scholar of the 20th century. As of 2021, he is also the most-cited legal scholar of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Posner has received more than 1,101,149 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Posner is the 1,050th most popular philosopher (down from 998th in 2019), the 6,192nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,807th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 22

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  • 2.82

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  • 3.56

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Posner ranks 1,050 out of 1,081. Before him are Sopater of Apamea, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Nana Asmaʼu, Azmi Bishara, Gómez Pereira, and Isidore of Alexandria. After him are Sandra Harding, Martin Chemnitz, Bernard Lonergan, Seyla Benhabib, John McDowell, and Amina Wadud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Posner ranks 335. Before him are Michel Colombier, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Clarence Williams III, Vivi Bach, Joe Sample, and Samih al-Qasim. After him are Laila Kinnunen, Dieter Quester, Luther Allison, Abdullah Ensour, Egon Zimmermann, and Robert Kramer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Posner ranks 6,192 out of 18,182. Before him are Barbara Feldon (1933), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Harley Race (1943), Scott Brady (1924), Charlie Byrd (1925), and Lola Falana (1942). After him are Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Blind Willie McTell (1898), Kerry Washington (1977), John Ashcroft (1942), Michael Andretti (1962), and Vanessa Marcil (1968).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Richard Posner ranks 54. Before him are Stanley Cavell (1926), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Allan Bloom (1930), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), William Lane Craig (1949), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787). After him are Sandra Harding (1935), Amina Wadud (1952), Josiah Royce (1855), David Ray Griffin (1939), Gary L. Francione (1954), and Pat Robertson (1930).

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