Philosopher
27 celebrities known for philosopher.
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist
Born:March 14, 1879
Died:April 18, 1955
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor
Born:November 27, 1940
Died:July 20, 1973
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman
Born:January 17, 1706
Died:April 17, 1790
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist
Born:February 12, 1809
Died:April 19, 1882
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher
Born:May 5, 1818
Died:March 14, 1883
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Born:March 16, 1751
Died:June 28, 1836
Noam Chomsky
American linguist and activist
Born:December 7, 1928
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis
Born:May 6, 1856
Died:September 23, 1939
Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer
Born:March 24, 1874
Died:October 31, 1926
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist
Born:December 25, 1642
Died:March 20, 1726
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
Born:October 15, 1844
Died:August 25, 1900
Kurt Vonnegut
American author
Born:November 11, 1922
Died:April 11, 2007
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
Born:August 28, 1749
Died:March 22, 1832
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter
Born:July 2, 1877
Died:August 9, 1962
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author
Born:September 9, 1828
Died:November 20, 1910
Samuel Adams
American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States
Born:September 27, 1722
Died:October 2, 1803
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer
Born:December 27, 1571
Died:November 15, 1630
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union
Born:April 22, 1870
Died:January 21, 1924
Jane Addams
American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Born:September 6, 1860
Died:May 28, 1935
Iain Banks
Scottish writer
Born:February 16, 1954
Died:June 9, 2013
Georg Cantor
German mathematician, inventor of set theory
Born:March 3, 1845
Died:January 6, 1918
Emanuel Lasker
Greman chess player, World Chess champion
Born:December 24, 1868
Died:January 11, 1941
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist
Born:October 2, 1869
Died:January 30, 1948
Tse-tung Mao
1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China
Born:December 26, 1893
Died:September 9, 1976