PHILOSOPHER
Alain Badiou
1937 - Today
Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou (; French: [alɛ̃ badju] ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure (ENS) and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard. Badiou's work is heavily informed by philosophical applications of mathematics, in particular set theory and category theory. Badiou's "Being and Event" project considers the concepts of being, truth, event and the subject defined by a rejection of linguistic relativism seen as typical of postwar French thought. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Badiou has received more than 1,033,560 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Alain Badiou is the 272nd most popular philosopher (down from 265th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Morocco and the most popular Moroccan Philosopher.
Alain Badiou is most famous for his theory of the event. He argues that an event is a rupture in the normal flow of history, which opens up a new situation.
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
8.20
Effective Languages (L*)
2.74
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Alain Badiou ranks 272 out of 1,081. Before him are Andronicus of Rhodes, Julius Evola, Pherecydes of Syros, Paramahansa Yogananda, William Godwin, and Georges Sorel. After him are Raymond Aron, Alexander of Aphrodisias, G. E. Moore, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Priscus, and Bruno Bauer.
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Andronicus of Rhodes
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 266
Julius Evola
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 267
Pherecydes of Syros
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 268
Paramahansa Yogananda
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 269
William Godwin
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 270
Georges Sorel
1847 - 1922
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 271
Alain Badiou
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 272
Raymond Aron
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 273
Alexander of Aphrodisias
200 - 215
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 274
G. E. Moore
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 275
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 276
Priscus
410 - 471
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 277
Bruno Bauer
1809 - 1882
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 278
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1937, Alain Badiou ranks 33. Before him are Philip Glass, Bruce McLaren, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Jared Diamond, Gennady Yanayev, and Bill Cosby. After him are David Hockney, Gordon Banks, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Avram Hershko, Robert Lucas Jr., and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Others Born in 1937
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Philip Glass
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 27
Bruce McLaren
1937 - 1970
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 28
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
1937 - 2024
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 29
Jared Diamond
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 30
Gennady Yanayev
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 31
Bill Cosby
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 32
Alain Badiou
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 33
David Hockney
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 34
Gordon Banks
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 35
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
Avram Hershko
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
Robert Lucas Jr.
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 38
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
In Morocco
Among people born in Morocco, Alain Badiou ranks 10 out of 198. Before him are Hassan II of Morocco (1929), Abd el-Krim (1882), Just Fontaine (1933), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), and Nathalie Delon (1941). After him are Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ahmad al-Mansur (1549), Michel Galabru (1922), Fatema Mernissi (1940), Serge Haroche (1944), and Zeno of Verona (300).
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Hassan II of Morocco
1929 - 1999
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 4
Abd el-Krim
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 5
Just Fontaine
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 6
Ismail Ibn Sharif
1646 - 1727
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 7
Mohammed V of Morocco
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 8
Nathalie Delon
1941 - 2021
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 9
Alain Badiou
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
Mohammed VI of Morocco
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 11
Ahmad al-Mansur
1549 - 1603
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
Michel Galabru
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 13
Fatema Mernissi
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 14
Serge Haroche
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 15
Zeno of Verona
300 - 371
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 16
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Morocco
Among philosophers born in Morocco, Alain Badiou ranks 1.
