1743 - 1805
William Paley (July 1743 – 25 May 1805) was an English Anglican clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Paley has received more than 477,357 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. William Paley is the 671st most popular philosopher (down from 616th in 2019), the 1,526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,369th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, William Paley ranks 671 out of 1,081. Before him are Alfred Schmidt, Amalric of Bena, Gilbert de la Porrée, Francesco Algarotti, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon, and Étienne-Gabriel Morelly. After him are Pyotr Lavrov, Jerry Fodor, Olavo de Carvalho, Edvard Westermarck, P. F. Strawson, and Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī.
1931 - 2012
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 665
1150 - 1206
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 666
1070 - 1154
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 667
1712 - 1764
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 668
832 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 669
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 670
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 671
1823 - 1900
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 672
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 673
1947 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 674
1862 - 1939
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 675
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 676
1547 - 1621
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 677
Among people born in 1743, William Paley ranks 21. Before him are René Just Haüy, William I, Elector of Hesse, Gavrila Derzhavin, Joseph Banks, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, and Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova. After him are Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, and Johannes Ewald. Among people deceased in 1805, William Paley ranks 13. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mihrişah Sultan, and Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. After him are Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Conrad Moench, Pehr Osbeck, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, and Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée.
1743 - 1822
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 15
1743 - 1821
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 16
1743 - 1816
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 17
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 18
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 19
1743 - 1810
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 20
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 21
1743 - 1780
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 22
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 23
1743 - 1815
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 24
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 25
1743 - 1818
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 26
1743 - 1781
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 27
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 7
1753 - 1805
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 8
1756 - 1805
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 9
1751 - 1805
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 10
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 11
1731 - 1805
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 12
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 13
1759 - 1805
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 14
1755 - 1805
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 15
1744 - 1805
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 16
1723 - 1805
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 17
1737 - 1805
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 18
1724 - 1805
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Paley ranks 1,526 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), David Hemmings (1941), E. P. Thompson (1924), James Faulkner (1948), Robert Stephenson (1803), and Jim Carter (1948). After him are John Bowring (1792), Clarke Abel (1780), Ben Cross (1947), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), and Max Mallowan (1904).
1836 - 1908
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 1,520
1941 - 2003
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 1,521
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 1,522
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,523
1803 - 1859
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,524
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,525
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,526
1792 - 1872
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1,527
1780 - 1826
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,528
1947 - 2020
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,529
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,530
1827 - 1861
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,531
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,532
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, William Paley ranks 42. Before him are David Hartley (1705), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Thomas Hill Green (1836), and Robert Filmer (1588). After him are P. F. Strawson (1919), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Henry More (1614), Bernard Williams (1929), Stephen Toulmin (1922), and Raymond Williams (1921).
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 36
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 37
1623 - 1673
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 38
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 39
1836 - 1882
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 40
1588 - 1653
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 41
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 42
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 43
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 44
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 45
1929 - 2003
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 46
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 47
1921 - 1988
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 48