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List of the most influential people in Philosophy,

#9301

Barry David Cookson

#161170

Overall Influence

#9302

Michael G. F. Martin

#126867

Overall Influence

1962 - Present (64 years)

Michael Gerard Fitzgerald Martin is a British philosopher who is currently Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Mills Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley. Education and career Martin studied at Oxford University where he won The Henry Wilde Prize in Philosophy in 1985 and earned his D.Phil. in 1992. He joined the faculty at University College London in 1992, and was promoted to Professor of Philosophy there in 2002. He became Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy in 2018, succeeding Martin Davies, who retired.

#9303

John Forfar

#72362

Overall Influence

1916 - 2013 (97 years)

John Oldroyd Forfar, MC, FRSE was a Scottish paediatrician and academic. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and later became a leading civilian paediatrician. He was Professor of Child Life and Health at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1982. He was President of the British Paediatric Association from 1985 to 1988, and was instrumental in the founding of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

#9304

David Heimbach

#65338

Overall Influence

1938 - 2017 (79 years)

David M. Heimbach was an American surgeon and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington. He gained notoriety as the "star witness" for the flame retardant industry. In 2014 he surrendered his medical license after it became apparent that he fabricated testimony and presented himself as an unbiased scientist when, in fact, he was paid by the industry.

#9305

Mohamad Ali Eloubeidi

#161216

Overall Influence

#9306

George I. Papakostas

#161228

Overall Influence

#9307

Younsuck Koh

#161241

Overall Influence

1956 - Present (70 years)

#9308

Jerome H. Jaffe

#161243

Overall Influence

#9309

Robert L. Ruberg

#161247

Overall Influence

#9310

Gervasio A. Lamas

#161255

Overall Influence

#9311

Kurt Zatloukal

#161259

Overall Influence

1959 - Present (67 years)

#9312

Gary A. Levy

#161268

Overall Influence

#9313

Nancy G. Klimas

#161287

Overall Influence

1954 - Present (72 years)

#9314

Terry Joe Housh

#161303

Overall Influence

#9315

Richard C. Daly

#161307

Overall Influence

#9316

Warren J. Strittmatter

#161342

Overall Influence

#9317

Daniel W. Bradley

#161346

Overall Influence

#9318

Xavier Leleu

#161386

Overall Influence

#9319

Kyongtae Ty Bae

#161395

Overall Influence

#9320

Andrew H. Henderson

#161402

Overall Influence

#9321

Claudio Ferri

#161409

Overall Influence

1957 - Present (69 years)

#9322

Li Rong

#83952

Overall Influence

Li Rong was a Chinese philosopher from the Tang dynasty. He compiled a commentary on the Taoist book Tao Te Ching, called the Laozi Commentary by Li Rong .

#9323

Katrina Karkazis

Katrina Karkazis

#73336

Overall Influence

1970 - Present (56 years)

Katrina Alicia Karkazis is an American anthropologist and bioethicist. She is a professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. She was previously the Carol Zicklin Endowed Chair in the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and a senior research fellow with the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale University. She has written widely on testosterone, intersex issues, sex verification in sports, treatment practices, policy and lived experiences, and the interface between medicine and society. In 2016, she was jointly awarded a Guggenheim Fell...

#9324

Richard D. Bulbrook

#161483

Overall Influence

#9325

Jong Seung Kim

#161486

Overall Influence

#9326

Merrill J. Egorin

#161496

Overall Influence

#9327

Per‐olov Wester

#161506

Overall Influence

#9328

Sydney S. Jr. Schochet

#161509

Overall Influence

#9329

Phillip Samuel Gardner

#161516

Overall Influence

#9330

Hanno Millesi

#161519

Overall Influence

#9331

Annette Kuhn

#32569

Overall Influence

1945 - Present (81 years)

Annette Frieda Kuhn, FBA is a British author, cultural historian, educator, researcher, editor and feminist. She is known for her work in screen studies, visual culture, film history and cultural memory. She is Professor and Research Fellow in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London.

#9332

Ann D. Thor

#161558

Overall Influence

#9333

Vincent L. Wimbush

#81058

Overall Influence

1954 - Present (72 years)

Vincent Lee Wimbush is an American New Testament scholar, known for his work in African American biblical hermeneutics. Biography Wimbush received a BA in philosophy from Morehouse College , an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and an AM and Ph.D. from Harvard University in the study of religions, with a focus on the New Testament. He taught at a number of institutions, including Union Theological Seminary and Claremont Graduate University . He is the founding director of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures.

#9334

Bengt Rippe

#161563

Overall Influence

#9335

Monica Gandhi

#38325

Overall Influence

1969 - Present (57 years)

Monica Gandhi is an American physician and professor. She teaches medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and is director of the UCSF Gladstone Center for AIDS Research and the medical director of the San Francisco General Hospital HIV Clinic, Ward 86. Her research considers HIV prevalence in women, as well as HIV treatment and prevention. She has been noted as a critic of some aspects of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the US.

#9336

Nobuyuki Enomoto

#161574

Overall Influence

#9337

Ho-and Keung Ng

#161576

Overall Influence

#9338

Jason X.-J. Yuan

#123155

Overall Influence

1963 - Present (63 years)

Jason X.-J. Yuan is an American physician scientist whose research interests center on pulmonary vascular pathobiology and pulmonary hypertension. His current research is primarily focused on the pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary vascular diseases and right heart failure.

#9339

Clyde A. Helms

#161607

Overall Influence

#9340

Joel E. Gallant

#161623

Overall Influence

#9341

Eberhard Passarge

#161636

Overall Influence

#9342

John Joseph Eckert

#161638

Overall Influence

#9343

S. -c. Huang

#161660

Overall Influence

#9344

Gorge Melville Williams

#161672

Overall Influence

#9345

Mandy Cohen

#15843

Overall Influence

Mandy Krauthamer Cohen is an American internist, public health official, and healthcare executive serving as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since July 10, 2023. She was previously the executive vice president at Aledade and chief executive officer of Aledade Care Solution, a healthcare company.

#9346

Makoto Mayumi

#161703

Overall Influence

#9347

Holk Cruse

#161705

Overall Influence

#9348

David Beukelman

#89496

Overall Influence

1943 - Present (83 years)

David R. Beukelman was an American speech-language pathologist who specialized in augmentative and alternative communication and communication disorders associated with neurological conditions. He was the Barkley Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and used to be the Director of Research and Education of the Communication Disorders Division, Munroe/Meyer Institute of Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

#9349

Elena Esposito

#45409

Overall Influence

1960 - Present (66 years)

Elena Esposito is an Italian sociologist who works in the field of social systems theory. She teaches general sociology at Bielefeld University and prediction and the future of public policy at the University of Bologna . Her research is embedded in Luhmannian social systems theory.

#9350

Hate Man

#140025

Overall Influence

1936 - 2017 (81 years)

The Hate Man was an American philosopher, activist, and former reporter for The New York Times. His beliefs centered on people being honest about their negative feelings. He was locally famous in Berkeley, California, where he lived since 1973. In the late 1970s he was a regular presence in upper Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus, and often gave speeches in Ludwig's Fountain. In addition to being known as "Hate Man", he was also called "Berkeley Baby".

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