1938 - 2002
Robert Nozick (; November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher. He held the Joseph Pellegrino University Professorship at Harvard University, and was president of the American Philosophical Association. He is best known for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974), a libertarian answer to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971), in which Nozick proposes his minimal state as the only justifiable form of government. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Nozick has received more than 1,401,824 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Robert Nozick is the 289th most popular philosopher (down from 282nd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from United States (down from 685th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Philosopher.
Robert Nozick is most famous for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. In this book, he argues that the only legitimate purpose of a state is to protect individual rights.
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Among philosophers, Robert Nozick ranks 289 out of 1,081. Before him are A. S. Neill, Nicolai Hartmann, Félix Guattari, Roscellinus, Ramana Maharshi, and Synesius. After him are Sri Aurobindo, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Jerome of Prague, Rudolf Otto, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and Aristoxenus.
1883 - 1973
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Rank: 283
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 284
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 285
1050 - 1121
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 286
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 287
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 288
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 289
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 290
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 291
1379 - 1416
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 292
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 293
1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 294
360 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 295
Among people born in 1938, Robert Nozick ranks 42. Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro, Fuad Masum, Donald Knuth, Marina Vlady, Bounnhang Vorachith, and Diana Rigg. After him are Otto Rehhagel, Michael Rockefeller, Frederick Forsyth, David Irving, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Jiří Menzel. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert Nozick ranks 24. Before him are Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Camilo José Cela, Linda Lovelace, and Edsger W. Dijkstra. After him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Fritz Walter, James Tobin, Jonas Savimbi, Raf Vallone, and Abu Nidal.
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 37
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 38
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 39
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 40
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 42
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 43
1938 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 44
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 45
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 46
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 47
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 48
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 18
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 19
1939 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
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1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
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1949 - 2002
HPI: 64.82
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1930 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
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1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
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1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
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1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.98
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1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 27
1934 - 2002
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 28
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 29
1937 - 2002
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Robert Nozick ranks 729 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert McNamara (1916), Dolly Parton (1946), Leon Cooper (1930), Roy Scheider (1932), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), and Robert H. Goddard (1882). After him are Frances Farmer (1913), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Kamehameha I (1758), Vivian Maier (1926), Gloria Swanson (1899), and George Eastman (1854).
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
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1946 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 724
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
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1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 726
1867 - 1957
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 727
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 728
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 729
1913 - 1970
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 730
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 731
1758 - 1819
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 732
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 733
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 734
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 735
Among philosophers born in United States, Robert Nozick ranks 3. Before him are John Rawls (1921) and George Herbert Mead (1863). After him are John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Hilary Putnam (1926), Richard Rorty (1931), Daniel Dennett (1942), Judith Butler (1956), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), and Nelson Goodman (1906).
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 1
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 2
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 3
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 5
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 6
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 9
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 10
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 11
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12