1957 - Today
Joseph-Achille Mbembe, known as Achille Mbembe (; born 1957), is a Cameroonian historian, political theorist, and public intellectual who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Achille Mbembe has received more than 423,817 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Achille Mbembe is the 999th most popular philosopher (down from 924th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Cameroonian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Achille Mbembe ranks 999 out of 1,081. Before him are Merab Mamardashvili, Colotes, Barrington Moore Jr., Robert Spaemann, Derek Prince, and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. After him are Patricia Churchland, Wilhelm Gesenius, Hector Boece, Tariq Ramadan, Rüdiger Safranski, and Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster.
1930 - 1990
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 993
320 BC - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 994
1913 - 2005
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 995
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 996
1915 - 2003
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 997
1888 - 1989
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 998
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 999
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 1,000
1786 - 1842
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 1,001
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 1,002
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 1,003
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 1,004
1869 - 1966
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 1,005
Among people born in 1957, Achille Mbembe ranks 169. Before him are Robert Sapolsky, Christian Berkel, Tony Abbott, Steve Davis, Mona Simpson, and Bryan Robson. After him are Miquel Barceló, Genie, Reinaldo Rueda, Cécilia Attias, Joanna Pacuła, and Miguel Ángel Lotina.
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 163
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 164
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 165
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 166
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 167
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 168
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 169
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 170
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 171
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 172
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 173
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 174
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 175
Among people born in Cameroon, Achille Mbembe ranks 13 out of 132. Before him are Issa Hayatou (1946), Thomas N'Kono (1956), Patrick M'Boma (1970), Christian Tumi (1930), Marc-Vivien Foé (1975), and Samuel Umtiti (1993). After him are Rigobert Song (1976), Mongo Beti (1932), Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954), Philémon Yang (1947), Joseph Ngute (1954), and Alex Song (1987).
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 9
1930 - 2021
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 10
1975 - 2003
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 12
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 13
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 14
1932 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 17
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 18
1987 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 19
Among philosophers born in Cameroon, Achille Mbembe ranks 1.