Original: Avram Noam Chomsky ( ; born December 7 , 1928 ) is an American linguist , philosopher , '' Noam Chomsky '' , by Zoltán Gendler Szabó , in Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers , 1860-1960 , ed .
Simplified: Avram Noam Chomsky ( born December 7 , 1928 ) is an American linguist , philosopher , political activist , author , and lecturer .