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Harry Frankfurt

1929 - 2023

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Harry Gordon Frankfurt (May 29, 1929 – July 16, 2023) was an American philosopher. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002. Frankfurt also taught at Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Ohio State University. Frankfurt made significant contributions to such fields as ethics and philosophy of mind. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Frankfurt is the 1,141st most popular philosopher (down from 992nd in 2019), the 7,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,605th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Harry Frankfurt ranks 1,141 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre Lévy, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Aesara, Eino Kaila, and Thomas van Erpe. After him are Ernest Belfort Bax, Geydar Dzhemal, Abram Deborin, Lucien Sève, Leila Ahmed, and Amos Bronson Alcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Harry Frankfurt ranks 367. Before him are John Julius Norwich, Tommy Banks, Yvette Williams, Chi Haotian, Beverly Sills, and Günter Kunert. After him are Lady Pamela Hicks, Marcel Amont, Kenneth MacMillan, Ernesto Grillo, Michael Harner, and Aulis Kallakorpi. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Frankfurt ranks 361. Before him are Maurizio Costanzo, Herschel Savage, Abraham Lempel, Gilles Perrault, Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, and Simone Segouin. After him are Henrik Nordbrandt, Barry Humphries, Peter Simonischek, Marcel Amont, Guillermo Escalada, and Irina Miroshnichenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Frankfurt ranks 7,320 out of 20,380. Before him are James Workman (1908), Harold Becker (1928), Mickey Marcus (1901), Mildred Davis (1901), James Buchanan Duke (1856), and Edward Hennig (1879). After him are George Saling (1909), Patti D'Arbanville (1951), Dale Fuller (1885), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Reba McEntire (1955), and Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Harry Frankfurt ranks 58. Before him are Edmund Gettier (1927), Mary Daly (1928), Josiah Royce (1855), William Lane Craig (1949), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), and Allan Bloom (1930). After him are Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Richard Posner (1939), Michael Hardt (1960), William Chittick (1943), and Iris Marion Young (1949).

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