PHILOSOPHER

Stephen Walt

1955 - Today

Photo of Stephen Walt

Icon of person Stephen Walt

Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is an American political scientist serving as the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. A member of the realist school of international relations, Walt has made important contributions to the theory of neorealism and has authored the balance of threat theory. Books that he has authored or coauthored include Origins of Alliances, Revolution and War, and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Walt has received more than 473,374 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Stephen Walt is the 1,237th most popular philosopher (down from 1,156th in 2019), the 11,392nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,546th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stephen Walt ranks 1,237 out of 1,267. Before him are Raya Dunayevskaya, Norman Malcolm, Christine Korsgaard, Julia Annas, Will Kymlicka, and Chinmayananda Saraswati. After him are James Dunn, William Ames, David Benatar, Peter Kreeft, Richard Crashaw, and Rosemary Radford Ruether.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Stephen Walt ranks 533. Before him are Yolanda King, Detlef Michel, Oksana Shvets, Hiroshi Hayano, Donald Pettit, and Corey Burton. After him are Karl Del'Haye, Eraldo Pecci, Élie Baup, Klaus Siebert, Silvio Leonard, and Philippe Boisse.

Others Born in 1955

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Walt ranks 11,392 out of 20,380. Before him are Clayton Moore (1914), Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), Andrew Wood (1966), Heather Hunter (1969), and Matthew Morrison (1978). After him are Nick Cannon (1980), Chris Weitz (1969), James Toney (1968), Tris Speaker (1888), Naomi Wolf (1962), and David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Stephen Walt ranks 86. Before him are Michael Novak (1933), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), C. I. Lewis (1883), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Norman Malcolm (1911), and Christine Korsgaard (1952). After him are Peter Kreeft (1937), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Nel Noddings (1929), Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Stanley Fish (1938), and William A. Dembski (1960).

American born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous