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Noam Chomsky

1928 - Today

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Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noam Chomsky is the 5th most popular linguist (down from 2nd in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from United States (down from 118th in 2019) and the most popular American Linguist.

Noam Chomsky is most famous for his work in linguistics and as a political activist. He is best known for his critique of U.S. foreign policy and the American media.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Noam Chomsky ranks 5 out of 214. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Edgar de Wahl, Pāṇini, and Patanjali. After him are Max Müller, William James Sidis, Noah Webster, Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roman Jakobson, Mesrop Mashtots, and Rasmus Rask.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Noam Chomsky ranks 9. Before him are James Watson, Andy Warhol, Hosni Mubarak, Ennio Morricone, Stanley Kubrick, and Ariel Sharon. After him are Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Joe Jackson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Noam Chomsky ranks 134 out of 20,380. Before him are D. W. Griffith (1875), Isadora Duncan (1877), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Henry David Thoreau (1817), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), and Michael Douglas (1944). After him are H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Liliʻuokalani (1838), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), John Adams (1735), Woody Allen (1935), and Jimi Hendrix (1942).

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Among LINGUISTS In United States

Among linguists born in United States, Noam Chomsky ranks 1. After him are William James Sidis (1898), Noah Webster (1758), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Joshua Fishman (1926), William Labov (1927), George Lakoff (1941), Morris Swadesh (1909), Stephen Krashen (1941), and George Kingsley Zipf (1902).

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