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The most publicly visible academics worldwide.

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438 people indexed·25 currently rising·Top: Karl Marx
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Top academics globally on Fame.am — 438 ranked, top: Karl Marx. Coverage spans 15 countries.

Category
Academics
Total ranked
438
Top person
Karl Marx
Countries covered
15
#ΔPersonCountryCategoryFameMomentum~
#1newKarl Marx
Karl Marx
Acting
—Academics69.3
1.4
#2newSocrates
Socrates
Writing
Brazil flagBrazilAcademics67.5
10.0
#3newAristotle
Aristotle
Directing
—Academics66.3
10.0
#4newNiccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Writing
—Academics65.1
10.4
#5newSigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Acting
—Academics62.3
0.5
#6newImmanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
—Academics62.2
10.0
#7newAugustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo
—Academics62.1
11.9
#8newAlexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics60.7
12.3
#9newFriedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
—Academics60.7
10.0
#10newConfucius
Confucius
—Academics60.2
10.2
#11newRené Descartes
René Descartes
France flagFranceAcademics59.0
10.0
#12newThucydides
Thucydides
—Academics57.8
10.0
#13newPlato
Plato
Writing
—Academics56.3
0.0
#14newMartin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger
Germany flagGermanyAcademics54.0
18.0
#15newGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
—Academics51.6
10.1
#16newGautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
—Academics51.2
0.7
#17newHannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
—Academics51.1
2.9
#18newErasmus
Erasmus
—Academics50.4
10.5
#19newJean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Directing
—Academics50.2
0.0
#20newRudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner
—Academics50.0
11.0
#21newPythagoras
Pythagoras
—Academics49.6
0.7
#22newBaruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
—Academics48.2
0.1
#23newMario Draghi
Mario Draghi
Italy flagItalyAcademics47.4
8.0
#24newJosephus
Josephus
—Academics46.5
10.0
#25newCarl Jung
Carl Jung
Switzerland flagSwitzerlandAcademics46.3
0.0
#26newDiogenes
Diogenes
—Academics46.3
1.5
#27newJordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
Canada flagCanadaAcademics46.3
0.6
#28newAvicenna
Avicenna
—Academics46.1
0.0
#29newFriedrich Hayek
Friedrich Hayek
Austria flagAustriaAcademics46.1
10.6
#30newAdam Smith
Adam Smith
Crew
—Academics45.9
0.0
#31newThomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
—Academics45.7
1.1
#32newMilton Friedman
Milton Friedman
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics45.2
3.7
#33newBede
Bede
—Academics44.8
16.1
#34newJane Goodall
Jane Goodall
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics44.4
0.0
#35newThomas More
Thomas More
—Academics44.2
1.4
#36newSøren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
—Academics43.8
1.5
#37newRajneesh
Rajneesh
India flagIndiaAcademics43.7
0.0
#38newMarc Bloch
Marc Bloch
France flagFranceAcademics43.6
15.3
#39newAthanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria
—Academics43.2
5.0
#40newLaozi
Laozi
Acting
—Academics42.9
0.0
#41newNoam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics42.6
0.5
#42newHerodotus
Herodotus
—Academics42.4
0.0
#43newAlfred Adler
Alfred Adler
Austria flagAustriaAcademics42.1
11.9
#44newArthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
—Academics42.0
0.4
#45newEdmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl
—Academics41.9
15.7
#46newFrancis Bacon
Francis Bacon
—Academics41.8
0.0
#47newCarl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt
Germany flagGermanyAcademics41.5
2.7
#48newMichel Foucault
Michel Foucault
France flagFranceAcademics41.4
0.0
#49newSlavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek
—Academics40.5
1.2
#50newLudwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics39.9
10.1
#51newFriedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
—Academics39.9
0.7
#52newWilliam James Sidis
William James Sidis
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics39.8
2.0
#53newLudwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics39.8
0.0
#54newViktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl
Austria flagAustriaAcademics39.4
0.6
#55newMikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
—Academics39.4
3.4
#56newJeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
—Academics39.2
2.7
#57newJohn Locke
John Locke
—Academics39.0
0.0
#58newJulius Evola
Julius Evola
Italy flagItalyAcademics38.4
2.4
#59newSeneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
—Academics38.3
0.0
#60newBodhidharma
Bodhidharma
—Academics38.0
2.3
#61newWilliam of Ockham
William of Ockham
—Academics37.9
3.3
#62newBenjamin Constant
Benjamin Constant
Switzerland flagSwitzerlandAcademics37.8
10.0
#63newHerbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon
United States flagUnited StatesAcademics37.5
6.2
#64newThales of Miletus
Thales of Miletus
—Academics37.5
1.2
#65newSimone Weil
Simone Weil
France flagFranceAcademics37.3
0.4
#66newDavid Ricardo
David Ricardo
—Academics37.2
5.6
#67newApollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana
—Academics37.0
15.7
#68newDavid Hume
David Hume
—Academics36.3
0.6
#69newCarl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
—Academics36.1
1.9
#70newMilarepa
Milarepa
—Academics36.0
16.2
#71newEpictetus
Epictetus
—Academics35.7
1.3
#72newJohn Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomAcademics35.7
0.0
#73newChrysippus
Chrysippus
—Academics35.6
4.2
#74newWilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt
Germany flagGermanyAcademics35.3
10.0
#75newJosé Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset
Spain flagSpainAcademics35.1
3.5
#76newRam Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
—Academics34.9
3.0
#77newMuhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
—Academics34.7
6.3
#78newPseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
—Academics34.7
6.0
#79newMax Weber
Max Weber
—Academics34.7
0.0
#80newAntonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
—Academics34.6
0.0
#81newPierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu
France flagFranceAcademics34.3
0.6
#82newSwami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
—Academics33.6
0.0
#83newPliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
—Academics33.5
0.0
#84newPadmasambhava
Padmasambhava
—Academics33.3
3.7
#85newJürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas
Germany flagGermanyAcademics33.1
0.0
#86newEpicurus
Epicurus
—Academics33.1
0.4
#87newKarl Popper
Karl Popper
—Academics33.0
0.4
#88newAdi Shankara
Adi Shankara
—Academics32.9
0.2
#89newKabir
Kabir
—Academics32.9
2.6
#90newHenri Bergson
Henri Bergson
France flagFranceAcademics32.8
1.7
#91newWalter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
—Academics32.8
0.2
#92newThomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
—Academics32.8
0.0
#93newMaria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Italy flagItalyAcademics32.7
0.4
#94newJiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
—Academics32.5
0.0
#95newJacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
France flagFranceAcademics32.4
0.3
#96newMeister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart
Germany flagGermanyAcademics32.2
1.2
#97newSun Tzu
Sun Tzu
—Academics32.1
0.0
#98newMaurice Merleau-Ponty
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
France flagFranceAcademics32.1
3.0
#99newHeraclitus
Heraclitus
—Academics31.8
0.0
#100newJohn Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
—Academics31.8
0.1
  • #1
    Karl Marx
    Karl Marx
    Acting
    Stable
    69.3
    Fame
  • #2
    Socrates
    Socrates
    Writing
    Stable
    67.5
    Fame
  • #3
    Aristotle
    Aristotle
    Directing
    Stable
    66.3
    Fame
  • #4
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    Writing
    Stable
    65.1
    Fame
  • #5
    Sigmund Freud
    Sigmund Freud
    Acting
    Stable
    62.3
    Fame
  • #6
    Immanuel Kant
    Immanuel Kant
    Falling
    62.2
    Fame
  • #7
    Augustine of Hippo
    Augustine of Hippo
    Stable
    62.1
    Fame
  • #8
    Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton
    Stable
    60.7
    Fame
  • #9
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Stable
    60.7
    Fame
  • #10
    Confucius
    Confucius
    Stable
    60.2
    Fame
  • #11
    René Descartes
    René Descartes
    Stable
    59.0
    Fame
  • #12
    Thucydides
    Thucydides
    Stable
    57.8
    Fame
  • #13
    Plato
    Plato
    Writing
    Stable
    56.3
    Fame
  • #14
    Martin Heidegger
    Martin Heidegger
    Breakout
    54.0
    Fame
  • #15
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    Stable
    51.6
    Fame
  • #16
    Gautama Buddha
    Gautama Buddha
    Stable
    51.2
    Fame
  • #17
    Hannah Arendt
    Hannah Arendt
    Stable
    51.1
    Fame
  • #18
    Erasmus
    Erasmus
    Stable
    50.4
    Fame
  • #19
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Directing
    Stable
    50.2
    Fame
  • #20
    Rudolf Steiner
    Rudolf Steiner
    Stable
    50.0
    Fame
  • #21
    Pythagoras
    Pythagoras
    Stable
    49.6
    Fame
  • #22
    Baruch Spinoza
    Baruch Spinoza
    Stable
    48.2
    Fame
  • #23
    Mario Draghi
    Mario Draghi
    Falling
    47.4
    Fame
  • #24
    Josephus
    Josephus
    Stable
    46.5
    Fame
  • #25
    Carl Jung
    Carl Jung
    Stable
    46.3
    Fame
  • #26
    Diogenes
    Diogenes
    Stable
    46.3
    Fame
  • #27
    Jordan Peterson
    Jordan Peterson
    Stable
    46.3
    Fame
  • #28
    Avicenna
    Avicenna
    Falling
    46.1
    Fame
  • #29
    Friedrich Hayek
    Friedrich Hayek
    Stable
    46.1
    Fame
  • #30
    Adam Smith
    Adam Smith
    Crew
    Stable
    45.9
    Fame
  • #31
    Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas
    Stable
    45.7
    Fame
  • #32
    Milton Friedman
    Milton Friedman
    Rising
    45.2
    Fame
  • #33
    Bede
    Bede
    Breakout
    44.8
    Fame
  • #34
    Jane Goodall
    Jane Goodall
    Falling
    44.4
    Fame
  • #35
    Thomas More
    Thomas More
    Stable
    44.2
    Fame
  • #36
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Stable
    43.8
    Fame
  • #37
    Rajneesh
    Rajneesh
    Stable
    43.7
    Fame
  • #38
    Marc Bloch
    Marc Bloch
    Breakout
    43.6
    Fame
  • #39
    Athanasius of Alexandria
    Athanasius of Alexandria
    Rising
    43.2
    Fame
  • #40
    Laozi
    Laozi
    Acting
    Stable
    42.9
    Fame
  • #41
    Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky
    Stable
    42.6
    Fame
  • #42
    Herodotus
    Herodotus
    Stable
    42.4
    Fame
  • #43
    Alfred Adler
    Alfred Adler
    Stable
    42.1
    Fame
  • #44
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Stable
    42.0
    Fame
  • #45
    Edmund Husserl
    Edmund Husserl
    Breakout
    41.9
    Fame
  • #46
    Francis Bacon
    Francis Bacon
    Stable
    41.8
    Fame
  • #47
    Carl Schmitt
    Carl Schmitt
    Stable
    41.5
    Fame
  • #48
    Michel Foucault
    Michel Foucault
    Falling
    41.4
    Fame
  • #49
    Slavoj Žižek
    Slavoj Žižek
    Stable
    40.5
    Fame
  • #50
    Ludwig von Mises
    Ludwig von Mises
    Stable
    39.9
    Fame
  • #51
    Friedrich Engels
    Friedrich Engels
    Stable
    39.9
    Fame
  • #52
    William James Sidis
    William James Sidis
    Stable
    39.8
    Fame
  • #53
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Falling
    39.8
    Fame
  • #54
    Viktor Frankl
    Viktor Frankl
    Stable
    39.4
    Fame
  • #55
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Mikhail Bakunin
    Stable
    39.4
    Fame
  • #56
    Jeremy Bentham
    Jeremy Bentham
    Stable
    39.2
    Fame
  • #57
    John Locke
    John Locke
    Stable
    39.0
    Fame
  • #58
    Julius Evola
    Julius Evola
    Falling
    38.4
    Fame
  • #59
    Seneca the Younger
    Seneca the Younger
    Stable
    38.3
    Fame
  • #60
    Bodhidharma
    Bodhidharma
    Stable
    38.0
    Fame
  • #61
    William of Ockham
    William of Ockham
    Stable
    37.9
    Fame
  • #62
    Benjamin Constant
    Benjamin Constant
    Rising
    37.8
    Fame
  • #63
    Herbert A. Simon
    Herbert A. Simon
    Stable
    37.5
    Fame
  • #64
    Thales of Miletus
    Thales of Miletus
    Falling
    37.5
    Fame
  • #65
    Simone Weil
    Simone Weil
    Stable
    37.3
    Fame
  • #66
    David Ricardo
    David Ricardo
    Rising
    37.2
    Fame
  • #67
    Apollonius of Tyana
    Apollonius of Tyana
    Breakout
    37.0
    Fame
  • #68
    David Hume
    David Hume
    Stable
    36.3
    Fame
  • #69
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Stable
    36.1
    Fame
  • #70
    Milarepa
    Milarepa
    Breakout
    36.0
    Fame
  • #71
    Epictetus
    Epictetus
    Stable
    35.7
    Fame
  • #72
    John Maynard Keynes
    John Maynard Keynes
    Stable
    35.7
    Fame
  • #73
    Chrysippus
    Chrysippus
    Stable
    35.6
    Fame
  • #74
    Wilhelm Wundt
    Wilhelm Wundt
    Falling
    35.3
    Fame
  • #75
    José Ortega y Gasset
    José Ortega y Gasset
    Stable
    35.1
    Fame
  • #76
    Ram Mohan Roy
    Ram Mohan Roy
    Falling
    34.9
    Fame
  • #77
    Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
    Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
    Rising
    34.7
    Fame
  • #78
    Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
    Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
    Rising
    34.7
    Fame
  • #79
    Max Weber
    Max Weber
    Stable
    34.7
    Fame
  • #80
    Antonio Gramsci
    Antonio Gramsci
    Stable
    34.6
    Fame
  • #81
    Pierre Bourdieu
    Pierre Bourdieu
    Stable
    34.3
    Fame
  • #82
    Swami Vivekananda
    Swami Vivekananda
    Stable
    33.6
    Fame
  • #83
    Pliny the Elder
    Pliny the Elder
    Stable
    33.5
    Fame
  • #84
    Padmasambhava
    Padmasambhava
    Rising
    33.3
    Fame
  • #85
    Jürgen Habermas
    Jürgen Habermas
    Falling
    33.1
    Fame
  • #86
    Epicurus
    Epicurus
    Stable
    33.1
    Fame
  • #87
    Karl Popper
    Karl Popper
    Stable
    33.0
    Fame
  • #88
    Adi Shankara
    Adi Shankara
    Stable
    32.9
    Fame
  • #89
    Kabir
    Kabir
    Stable
    32.9
    Fame
  • #90
    Henri Bergson
    Henri Bergson
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #91
    Walter Benjamin
    Walter Benjamin
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #92
    Thomas Hobbes
    Thomas Hobbes
    Stable
    32.8
    Fame
  • #93
    Maria Montessori
    Maria Montessori
    Falling
    32.7
    Fame
  • #94
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Stable
    32.5
    Fame
  • #95
    Jacques Lacan
    Jacques Lacan
    Stable
    32.4
    Fame
  • #96
    Meister Eckhart
    Meister Eckhart
    Stable
    32.2
    Fame
  • #97
    Sun Tzu
    Sun Tzu
    Falling
    32.1
    Fame
  • #98
    Maurice Merleau-Ponty
    Maurice Merleau-Ponty
    Stable
    32.1
    Fame
  • #99
    Heraclitus
    Heraclitus
    Stable
    31.8
    Fame
  • #100
    John Stuart Mill
    John Stuart Mill
    Falling
    31.8
    Fame
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