1891 - 1970
Rudolf Carnap (; German: [ˈkaʁnaːp]; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German-language philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Carnap has received more than 480,354 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Carnap is the 200th most popular philosopher (down from 199th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Germany (down from 320th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Philosopher.
Rudolf Carnap is most famous for his work on logic and the philosophy of science.
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Among philosophers, Rudolf Carnap ranks 200 out of 1,089. Before him are Diogenes of Apollonia, Nicolas Malebranche, Giorgio Agamben, Pierre Gassendi, Apollonius of Tyana, and Benjamin Constant. After him are Moses Mendelssohn, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Ibn Tufail, and Georgi Plekhanov.
460 BC - Present
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 194
1638 - 1715
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 195
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 196
1592 - 1655
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 197
15 - 100
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 198
1767 - 1830
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 199
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 200
1729 - 1786
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 201
500 - 510
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 202
1714 - 1780
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 203
1021 - 1058
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 204
1110 - 1185
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 205
1856 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 206
Among people born in 1891, Rudolf Carnap ranks 14. Before him are Edith Stein, James Chadwick, Henry Miller, Pär Lagerkvist, Otto Dix, and B. R. Ambedkar. After him are Nelly Sachs, Helmuth Weidling, Ilya Ehrenburg, Genrikh Yagoda, Rafael Trujillo, and Walther Bothe. Among people deceased in 1970, Rudolf Carnap ranks 21. Before him are François Mauriac, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Napoleon Hill, Édouard Daladier, Paul Celan, and C. V. Raman. After him are Semyon Timoshenko, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Nelly Sachs, Bruce McLaren, and Eric Berne.
1891 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 8
1891 - 1974
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 9
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 10
1891 - 1974
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 11
1891 - 1969
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 12
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 13
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 14
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 15
1891 - 1955
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 16
1891 - 1967
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 17
1891 - 1938
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 18
1891 - 1961
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 19
1891 - 1957
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 20
1885 - 1970
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 15
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 16
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 17
1884 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 18
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 19
1888 - 1970
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 20
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 21
1895 - 1970
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 22
1883 - 1970
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 23
1923 - 1970
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 24
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 25
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 26
1910 - 1970
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 27
Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Carnap ranks 326 out of 5,289. Before him are Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Robert Bosch (1861), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Karl Haushofer (1869), Samuel Hahnemann (1755), and Gustav Stresemann (1878). After him are Simone Signoret (1921), Sepp Maier (1944), James Franck (1882), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Franz Boas (1858), and Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463).
1131 - 1182
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 320
1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 321
1798 - 1860
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 322
1869 - 1946
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 323
1755 - 1843
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 324
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 325
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 326
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 327
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 328
1882 - 1964
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 329
1380 - 1471
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 330
1858 - 1942
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 331
1463 - 1525
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 332
Among philosophers born in Germany, Rudolf Carnap ranks 33. Before him are Max Horkheimer (1895), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Max Scheler (1874), and Max Stirner (1806). After him are Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Franz Brentano (1838), Ernst Bloch (1885), Hans Jonas (1903), Moritz Schlick (1882), and Bruno Bauer (1809).
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 27
1714 - 1762
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 28
1602 - 1680
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 29
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 30
1874 - 1928
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 31
1806 - 1856
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 33
1729 - 1786
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 34
1838 - 1917
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 35
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 36
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 37
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 38
1809 - 1882
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 39