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Alasdair MacIntyre

1929 - 2025

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Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (12 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alasdair MacIntyre is the 466th most popular philosopher (up from 508th in 2019), the 1,085th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alasdair MacIntyre ranks 466 out of 1,267. Before him are Arnobius, Themistius, Brunetto Latini, Hegesias of Cyrene, Shantideva, and Roger Scruton. After him are Theodorus the Atheist, Ibn al-Rawandi, Zisi, Maine de Biran, Eubulides, and Gustavo Gutiérrez.

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Among people born in 1929, Alasdair MacIntyre ranks 97. Before him are Claes Oldenburg, George Stinney, Len Deighton, John Polanyi, Gordon Moore, and Sam Nujoma. After him are Georgios Roubanis, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Pierre Brice, Abdel Halim Hafez, Isabel Sarli, and Peter L. Berger. Among people deceased in 2025, Alasdair MacIntyre ranks 66. Before him are Rainer Weiss, David Lodge, Jair da Costa, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Hagen Kleinert, and Sam Nujoma. After him are Lalo Schifrin, Georgios Roubanis, Ferdi Tayfur, Muhammadu Buhari, Max Romeo, and Heikki Hasu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alasdair MacIntyre ranks 1,085 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), Anne of York (1475), Keith Moon (1946), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Colin Baker (1943), and Pete Townshend (1945). After him are Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Joseph Banks (1743), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), and Karl Jenkins (1944).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Alasdair MacIntyre ranks 28. Before him are Anne Conway (1631), E. H. Carr (1892), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Francis Hutcheson (1694), John of Salisbury (1110), and Roger Scruton (1944). After him are H. L. A. Hart (1907), John Gray (1948), Adam Ferguson (1723), A. J. Ayer (1910), Gilbert Ryle (1900), and Paul Grice (1913).

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