1921 - 1980
Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 – September 4, 1980) was a German-American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as philosophy and literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Kaufmann has received more than 20,660 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Kaufmann is the 1,129th most popular philosopher (down from 1,073rd in 2019), the 4,686th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,319th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular German Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Walter Kaufmann ranks 1,129 out of 1,081. Before him are Rambhadracharya, Bernard Bosanquet, Charles Hartshorne, Sara Danius, C. H. Dodd, and Patricia Hill Collins. After him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Richard David Precht, Peter Geach, Alexander Tarasov, Susan Haack, and C. I. Lewis.
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,123
1848 - 1923
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 1,124
1897 - 2000
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 1,125
1962 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 1,126
1884 - 1973
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 1,127
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 1,128
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 1,129
1825 - 1921
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 1,130
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 1,131
1916 - 2013
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 1,132
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 1,133
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 1,134
1883 - 1964
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1,135
Among people born in 1921, Walter Kaufmann ranks 367. Before him are Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Gene Saks, Lennart Strand, Jacques Friedel, Paul Falk, and Gordon Thomas. After him are Sheb Wooley, Patricia Wrightson, Cliff Bourland, François Picard, Brian Moore, and Kurt Marti. Among people deceased in 1980, Walter Kaufmann ranks 248. Before him are Ilie Subășeanu, Walter Susskind, Christian Møller, Zakaria Chihab, Héctor Socorro, and Bette Nesmith Graham. After him are Olivia Manning, Gumercindo Gómez, Charley Borah, John McEwen, Hattie Jacques, and Barbara Loden.
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 361
1921 - 2015
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 362
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 363
1921 - 2014
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 364
1921 - 2017
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 365
1921 - 2013
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 366
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 367
1921 - 2003
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 368
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 369
1921 - 2018
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 370
1921 - 1996
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 371
1921 - 1999
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 372
1921 - 2017
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 373
1906 - 1980
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 242
1913 - 1980
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 243
1904 - 1980
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 244
1926 - 1980
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 245
1912 - 1980
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 246
1924 - 1980
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 247
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 248
1908 - 1980
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 249
1907 - 1980
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 250
1906 - 1980
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 251
1900 - 1980
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 252
1922 - 1980
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 253
1932 - 1980
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 254
Among people born in Germany, Walter Kaufmann ranks 4,686 out of 6,142. Before him are Frank Schätzing (1957), Hannelore Kraft (1961), Volker Strassen (1936), Katrin Göring-Eckardt (1966), Toni Ulmen (1906), and Peter Wohlleben (1964). After him are Tim Wiese (1981), Tomislav Marić (1973), Aki Schmidt (1935), Richard David Precht (1964), Wolfgang Peters (1929), and Shawn Bradley (1972).
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 4,680
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 4,681
1936 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 4,682
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 4,683
1906 - 1976
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 4,684
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 4,685
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 4,686
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 4,687
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 4,688
1935 - 2016
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 4,689
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 4,690
1929 - 2003
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 4,691
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 4,692
Among philosophers born in Germany, Walter Kaufmann ranks 132. Before him are Paul Deussen (1845), Martin Chemnitz (1522), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (1930), F. C. S. Schiller (1864), and Volker Zotz (1956). After him are Richard David Precht (1964).
1845 - 1919
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 126
1522 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 127
1862 - 1932
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 128
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 129
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 130
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 131
1921 - 1980
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 132
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 133