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 This template is generally superseded by officeholder templates (if the philosopher held political or other public office; e.g. Alan Greenspan).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      =
| era              =
| region           =
| school_tradition =
| main_interests   =
| notable_ideas    =
| institutions     =
| influences       =
| influenced       =
| signature        =
| signature_alt    =
| 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. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") parameters will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}} or {{Birth date and age}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • bday
  • county-name
  • fn (required)
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • vcard