This template is used to provide biographical information on anyone who might be considered a philosopher. This template is generally superseded by officeholder templates (if the philosopher held political or other public office; e.g. Alan Greenspan).

{{Infobox philosopher
| name             = 
| image            = 
| image_size       = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| other_names      = 
| birth_name       =
| birth_date       = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living philosophers, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead -->
| birth_place      = 
| death_date       = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place      = 
| death_cause      =
| residence        = 
| nationality      =   
| era              = 
| region           = 
| religion         =
| school_tradition = 
| main_interests   = 
| books            =
| alma_mater       =
| institutions     = 
| notable_ideas    = 
| influences       = 
| influenced       = 
| awards           = 
| signature        = 
| signature_alt    = 
| signature_size   = 
| website          = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
}}

To use this template, copy the text above to the top of a biography article. Note that parameter names are lowercase.

All parameters are optional, and if left blank will not appear in the infobox;

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • bday
  • birthplace
  • category
  • country-name
  • deathdate
  • deathplace
  • extended-address
  • family-name
  • fn (required)
  • given-name
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • n
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.