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Richard Posner

1939 - Today

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Richard Allen Posner (; born January 11, 1939) is an American legal scholar and retired United States circuit judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017. A senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, Posner was identified in The Journal of Legal Studies as the most-cited legal scholar of the 20th century. As of 2021, he is also the most-cited United States legal scholar of all time. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential legal scholars in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Posner is the 1,176th most popular philosopher (down from 1,085th in 2019), the 8,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,763rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Richard Posner ranks 1,176 out of 1,267. Before him are Papirius Fabianus, Nick Bostrom, John Finnis, David Malet Armstrong, John McDowell, and Richard Price. After him are Hendrik Adamson, Michael Hardt, Volker Zotz, William Chittick, Bas van Fraassen, and Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Posner ranks 450. Before him are Rudolf Bayer, Wilhelmina Cooper, Theo Waigel, Danas Pozniakas, Adam Osborne, and Yury Sharov. After him are Anjanette Comer, Antal Szentmihályi, Madalena Iglésias, Joe Sample, Jaroslav Walter, and Alan Ayckbourn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Posner ranks 8,242 out of 20,380. Before him are Nate Archibald (1948), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Gary Payton (1968), Joe Manganiello (1976), Andra Day (1984), and Jack Dorsey (1976). After him are Anjanette Comer (1939), Mary L. Good (1931), Slim Harpo (1924), David Hand (1900), Ernie Pyle (1900), and Ty Burrell (1967).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Richard Posner ranks 61. Before him are William Lane Craig (1949), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), Allan Bloom (1930), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), and Patricia Hill Collins (1948). After him are Michael Hardt (1960), William Chittick (1943), Iris Marion Young (1949), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), Alexander Berzin (1944), and William Alston (1921).

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