PHILOSOPHER

Thomas Sebeok

1920 - 2001

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Thomas Albert Sebeok (Hungarian: Sebők Tamás, pronounced [ˈʃɛbøːk ˈtɒmaːʃ]; November 9, 1920 – December 21, 2001) was a Hungarian-born American polymath, semiotician, and linguist. As one of the founders of the biosemiotics field, he studied non-human and cross-species signaling and communication. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Sebeok has received more than 139,639 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Sebeok is the 1,158th most popular philosopher (down from 1,066th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 487th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

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  • 54.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Sebeok ranks 1,158 out of 1,267. Before him are Ralph Cudworth, William Lane Craig, John McDowell, Pat Robertson, Mark Fisher, and Mary Whiton Calkins. After him are Uku Masing, F. C. S. Schiller, John Finnis, John Peckham, Anthony Collins, and Philip Pettit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Thomas Sebeok ranks 327. Before him are João Cabral de Melo Neto, Marie Ljalková, An Wang, Liam Cosgrave, Captain Tom, and Julian Jaynes. After him are Robert Lamoureux, Tatyana Makarova, Nida Senff, Gino Cappello, Enzo Biagi, and Ljubomir Lovrić. Among people deceased in 2001, Thomas Sebeok ranks 239. Before him are Francis Bebey, Bill Roberts, Leonid Ostrovski, Frans De Mulder, Jacques-Louis Lions, and Gerhard Stoltenberg. After him are Marie Jahoda, Álvaro Magaña, Dipendra of Nepal, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Ahmed Sofa, and Villy Sørensen.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Thomas Sebeok ranks 562 out of 1,077. Before him are László Kiss (1956), Richárd Weisz (1879), Péter Tóth (1882), Ilka Gedő (1921), Ileana Silai (1941), and István Énekes (1911). After him are Júlia Szendrey (1828), Andrea Kékesy (1926), Ferenc Sipos (1932), Miklós Páncsics (1944), Kálmán Széll (1843), and Lajos Tihanyi (1885).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, Thomas Sebeok ranks 9. Before him are Imre Lakatos (1922), Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), Victor Basch (1863), George Gerbner (1919), and István Mészáros (1930). After him are Stanley Jaki (1924).

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