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Tom Regan

1938 - 2017

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Tom Regan (; November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he had taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001. Regan was the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights (1983), one of a handful of studies that have significantly influenced the modern animal rights movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Regan has received more than 295,212 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Tom Regan is the 562nd most popular philosopher (down from 499th in 2019), the 1,836th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,702nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tom Regan ranks 562 out of 1,267. Before him are Eric Voegelin, Nicos Poulantzas, Manuel Chrysoloras, Silvia Federici, John Austin, and Liu Bowen. After him are Daisaku Ikeda, Zoilus, Bion of Borysthenes, Alan Watts, Bernardino Telesio, and Zaleucus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Tom Regan ranks 105. Before him are Josef Koudelka, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Robert Smithson, Larry Scott, Cabu, and Karin Dor. After him are Seishiro Shimatani, Milan Galić, Radivoj Korać, Adolf Scherer, Ted Turner, and Connie Francis. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Regan ranks 93. Before him are Fats Domino, Tomas Milian, Hans Rosling, Colin Dexter, Paolo Villaggio, and Karin Dor. After him are Juan Goytisolo, Robert Hardy, Emma Morano, Loalwa Braz, George Young, and Bruce McCandless II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 1,836 out of 20,380. Before him are Axl Rose (1962), Jack Swigert (1931), Count Basie (1904), Patch Adams (1945), Mary Steenburgen (1953), and Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848). After him are Marcia Cross (1962), Nina Hartley (1959), Richard Schiff (1955), Henry Draper (1837), Spike Lee (1957), and Robert Jordan (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 17. Before him are Martha Nussbaum (1947), Daniel Dennett (1942), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Murray Bookchin (1921), Saul Kripke (1940), and Kenneth Waltz (1924). After him are Arthur Danto (1924), Charles W. Morris (1903), Nancy Fraser (1947), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Jonathan Edwards (1703), and Mary Parker Follett (1868).

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