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William Lane Craig

1949 - Today

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William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. He is a professor of philosophy at Houston Christian University and at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University. Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lane Craig has received more than 1,511,861 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Lane Craig is the 1,153rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,029th in 2019), the 6,990th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,746th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Lane Craigs by language

Over the past year William Lane Craig has had the most page views in the with 222,167 views, followed by Spanish (16,184), and Portuguese (11,727). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (81.92%), Esperanto (42.79%), and Estonian (34.11%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, William Lane Craig ranks 1,153 out of 1,267. Before him are Homi K. Bhabha, Dieter Henrich, Abram Deborin, William Thompson, Hector Boece, and Ralph Cudworth. After him are John McDowell, Pat Robertson, Mark Fisher, Mary Whiton Calkins, Thomas Sebeok, and Uku Masing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, William Lane Craig ranks 455. Before him are Antonello Cuccureddu, Dinesh Gunawardena, Gheorghe Berceanu, Mary Roos, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and Peter Friedman. After him are Zbigniew Rybczyński, Tatyana Anisimova, George Winston, Oleg Atkov, Manolo el del bombo, and Rudy Hartono.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Lane Craig ranks 6,990 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Bologna (1934), Julia Faye (1892), John Eisenhower (1922), Akebono Tarō (1969), Jack Dorsey (1976), and Anikka Albrite (1988). After him are Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Assata Shakur (1947), CM Punk (1978), and John Hammond (1910).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, William Lane Craig ranks 63. Before him are Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Cornel West (1953), Gary L. Francione (1954), Nancy Cartwright (1944), Marshall Berman (1940), and Allan Bloom (1930). After him are Pat Robertson (1930), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Iris Marion Young (1949), William Chittick (1943), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), and Robert Brandom (1950).

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