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Martin Heidegger

1889 - 1976

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Martin Heidegger (German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈhaɪdɛɡɐ]; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art, and language. In April 1933, Heidegger was elected as rector at the University of Freiburg and has been widely criticized for his membership and support for the Nazi Party during his tenure. After World War II he was dismissed from Freiburg and banned from teaching after denazification hearings at Freiburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Heidegger is the 34th most popular philosopher (up from 36th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Germany (down from 31st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Philosopher.

Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher who is most famous for the idea of "being-in-the-world."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martin Heidegger ranks 34 out of 1,267. Before him are Epicurus, Averroes, Al-Ghazali, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Engels, and Auguste Comte. After him are Maria Montessori, Parmenides, Søren Kierkegaard, Origen, Al-Farabi, and Lucretius.

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Among people born in 1889, Martin Heidegger ranks 3. Before him are Adolf Hitler, and Charlie Chaplin. After him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jean Cocteau, Edgar Adrian, Jawaharlal Nehru, Edwin Hubble, Philip Noel-Baker, Paul Karrer, and Ante Pavelić. Among people deceased in 1976, Martin Heidegger ranks 3. Before him are Mao Zedong, and Agatha Christie. After him are Bernard Montgomery, Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Fritz Lang.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Heidegger ranks 37 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Planck (1858), Bernhard Riemann (1826), Anne Frank (1929), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Hermann Hesse (1877), and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912). After him are Karl Dönitz (1891), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Robert Schumann (1810), Josef Mengele (1911), and Albert, Prince Consort (1819).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Martin Heidegger ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Friedrich Engels (1820). After him are Hannah Arendt (1906), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Karl Jaspers (1883), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), and Jürgen Habermas (1929).

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