1903 - 1994
Yeshayahu Leibowitz (Hebrew: ישעיהו ליבוביץ; 29 January 1903 – 18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a prolific writer on Jewish thought and western philosophy. He was known for his outspoken views on ethics, religion, and politics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yeshayahu Leibowitz has received more than 159,627 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yeshayahu Leibowitz is the 888th most popular philosopher, the 78th most popular biography from Latvia and the 4th most popular Latvian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 888 out of 1,089. Before him are Edmond Privat, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Józef Maria Bocheński, Feng Youlan, Georges Florovsky, and Gu Yanwu. After him are Firmin Abauzit, J. M. E. McTaggart, Yajnavalkya, Konstantin Leontiev, Jean Rostand, and Élisabeth Badinter.
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 882
1873 - 1962
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 883
1902 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 884
1895 - 1990
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 885
1893 - 1979
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 886
1613 - 1682
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 887
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 888
1679 - 1767
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 889
1866 - 1925
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 890
50 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 891
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 892
1894 - 1977
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 893
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 894
Among people born in 1903, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 149. Before him are Barbara Hepworth, Ary Barroso, John Williams, Peppino De Filippo, Anatoly Alexandrov, and Corrado Bafile. After him are Lina Radke, Graham Sutherland, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Márton Bukovi, Guillermo Subiabre, and Earl Hines. Among people deceased in 1994, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 150. Before him are Frederick Copleston, Anatoly Alexandrov, Aurora Mardiganian, Vitas Gerulaitis, Oldřich Černík, and Stuart Roosa. After him are Giovanni Goria, Mai Zetterling, Nicole Brown Simpson, Roy J. Plunkett, Cyprien Ntaryamira, and Leonid Leonov.
1903 - 1975
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 143
1903 - 1964
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 144
1903 - 1983
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 145
1903 - 1980
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 146
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 147
1903 - 2005
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 148
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 149
1903 - 1983
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 150
1903 - 1980
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 151
1903 - 1960
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 152
1903 - 1985
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 153
1903 - 1964
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 154
1903 - 1983
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 155
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 144
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 145
1901 - 1994
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 146
1954 - 1994
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 147
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 148
1933 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 149
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 150
1943 - 1994
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 151
1925 - 1994
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 152
1959 - 1994
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 153
1910 - 1994
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 154
1955 - 1994
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 155
1899 - 1994
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 156
Among people born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 78 out of 242. Before him are Alexander Kovalevsky (1840), Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Karl Davydov (1838), Georg August Schweinfurth (1836), and Elya Baskin (1950). After him are Vitas (1979), Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745), Juris Hartmanis (1928), Lina Stern (1878), Jacob W. Davis (1831), and Jānis Balodis (1881).
1840 - 1901
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 72
1887 - 1938
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 73
1801 - 1822
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 74
1838 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 75
1836 - 1925
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 76
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 77
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 78
1979 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 79
1745 - 1781
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 80
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 81
1878 - 1968
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 82
1831 - 1908
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 83
1881 - 1965
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 84
Among philosophers born in Latvia, Yeshayahu Leibowitz ranks 4. Before him are Isaiah Berlin (1909), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), and Abraham Isaac Kook (1865). After him are Nikolay Lossky (1870).
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 1
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 2
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 3
1903 - 1994
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 4
1870 - 1965
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 5