1938 - 2017
Tom Regan (; November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Regan has received more than 203,133 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Tom Regan is the 558th most popular philosopher (up from 632nd in 2019), the 1,900th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,108th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Tom Regan ranks 558 out of 1,089. Before him are Hermann Lotze, Arthur Danto, Thomas Reid, Zengzi, Aeschines of Sphettus, and R. G. Collingwood. After him are Georges Politzer, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Peter Deunov, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Werner Jaeger, and Zhang Daoling.
1817 - 1881
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 552
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 553
1710 - 1796
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 554
504 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 555
430 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 556
1889 - 1943
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 557
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 558
1903 - 1942
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 559
310 - 364
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 560
1864 - 1944
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 561
1781 - 1832
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 562
1888 - 1961
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 563
34 - 156
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 564
Among people born in 1938, Tom Regan ranks 104. Before him are Tereza Kesovija, Roland Topor, Giuliano Amato, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Benjamin Mkapa, and Josef Koudelka. After him are Taha Yassin Ramadan, Enrico Macias, Heino, Karin Dor, Seishiro Shimatani, and Nabih Berri. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Regan ranks 88. Before him are Zhou Youguang, Ljubiša Samardžić, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Robert Hardy, Anita Pallenberg, and Yasuyuki Kuwahara. After him are René Préval, Roger Ailes, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Bruce McCandless II, and Luis Bacalov.
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 98
1938 - 1997
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 99
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 100
1938 - 2015
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 101
1938 - 2020
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 102
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 103
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 104
1938 - 2007
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 105
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 106
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 107
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 108
1938 - 2001
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 109
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 110
1906 - 2017
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 82
1936 - 2017
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 83
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 84
1925 - 2017
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 85
1942 - 2017
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 86
1942 - 2017
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 87
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 88
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 89
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 90
1932 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 91
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 92
1937 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 93
1933 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 94
Among people born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 1,900 out of 15,968. Before him are Edward James Olmos (1947), John Edward Williams (1922), Katy Perry (1984), John Turturro (1957), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), and Michael Biehn (1956). After him are Walter Mondale (1928), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Drew Barrymore (1975), Hayden White (1928), Billy Zane (1966), and Daniel Nathans (1928).
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,894
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,895
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,896
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,897
1874 - 1949
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,898
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,899
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,900
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,901
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,902
1975 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,903
1928 - 2018
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,904
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,905
1928 - 1999
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,906
Among philosophers born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 20. Before him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Murray Bookchin (1921), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Saul Kripke (1940), and Arthur Danto (1924). After him are Jerry Fodor (1935), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Charles W. Morris (1903), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Michael J. Sandel (1953), and James Mark Baldwin (1861).
1703 - 1758
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 14
1921 - 2006
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 15
1868 - 1933
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 18
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 19
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 20
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 21
1892 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 22
1903 - 1979
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 23
1871 - 1965
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 25
1861 - 1934
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 26