PHILOSOPHER

Raya Dunayevskaya

1910 - 1987

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Raya Dunayevskaya (born Raya Shpigel, Рая Шпигель; May 1, 1910 – June 9, 1987), later Rae Spiegel, also known by the pseudonym Freddie Forest, was the American founder of the philosophy of Marxist humanism in the United States. At one time Leon Trotsky's secretary, she later split with him and ultimately founded the organization News and Letters Committees and was its leader until her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Raya Dunayevskaya is the 1,221st most popular philosopher (up from 1,231st in 2024), the 929th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 943rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Raya Dunayevskaya ranks 1,221 out of 1,267. Before her are David Ray Griffin, Simon Blackburn, Charles Hartshorne, Paul B. Preciado, Alice von Hildebrand, and Gary L. Francione. After her are Catherine Malabou, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, C. H. Dodd, Paul Churchland, William Ames, and Cornel West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Raya Dunayevskaya ranks 369. Before her are Felipe Olivares, Dolly Haas, Josephine McKim, Magnar Isaksen, Luise Ullrich, and Arthur Hunnicutt. After her are Aldo Montano, Rosa Kellner, Rose Friedman, Carroll Quigley, Shunkichi Hamada, and Aileen Meagher. Among people deceased in 1987, Raya Dunayevskaya ranks 234. Before her are Clare Boothe Luce, Pál Gábor, Arthur F. Burns, Milt Kahl, Honorino Landa, and Robert O'Brien. After her are Ted Moore, George Gulack, Antonio Janni, Rudolf Krause, Errol Barrow, and Vincent Persichetti.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Raya Dunayevskaya ranks 928 out of 1,365. Before her are Janusz Majewski (1931), Jerzy Antczak (1929), Rudolf Plyukfelder (1928), Lev Arnshtam (1905), and Hennadiy Kernes (1959). After her are Adam Papée (1895), Gersh Budker (1918), Steven Geray (1904), Vladimir Yashchenko (1959), Mark Ivanir (1968), Svetlana Zakharova (1979), and Vadym Yevtushenko (1958).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ukraine

Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Raya Dunayevskaya ranks 14. Before her are Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Georges Florovsky (1893), Ber Borochov (1881), and Edward Abramowski (1868).

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