Although he walked around barefoot and never wrote a book, anyone who has studied Western Philosophy knows Socrates. He is the father of Western Philosophy. ...by the way it's spelled "philosopher" ;)

It really depends on the country. I am not kidding you if I say that among the dead ones, Kant, Nietzsche, Descartes or Wittgenstein are indisputables references. Among the living one... Well... In France, we have... Some people call themselves philosophers but I barely see one or two that can be considered as such... By the way, do you want to know about the dead ones or the living ones? Considering the fact that philosophers seems to be more intelligentonce dead...

i'm sorry,i like Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

They are all here in this wonderful song (learn it by heart please): www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7Fe1cGLPk Lyrics: www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/bruces'-song.htm

Aristotle