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Bernard-Henri Lévy

1948 - Today

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Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy (; French: [bɛʁnaʁ ɑ̃ʁi ʒɔʁʒ levi]; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard-Henri Lévy has received more than 1,669,172 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Bernard-Henri Lévy is the 867th most popular writer (down from 818th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Writer.

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher, journalist, and activist. He is most famous for his book, "American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville," which was published in 2006.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 867 out of 7,302. Before him are Ambrose Bierce, Philostratus, Peter Weiss, Frederick Forsyth, Aziz Nesin, and Wilkie Collins. After him are Zeami Motokiyo, Aubrey Beardsley, Nizar Qabbani, Charles Nodier, Philip Pullman, and Gaius Lucilius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 55. Before him are Powers Boothe, Arie Haan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Valentin Ceaușescu, Brian Eno, and Ian Paice. After him are Pim Fortuyn, Rudolf Schenker, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Bille August, and Claude Jade.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 27 out of 213. Before him are Daniel Auteuil (1950), Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), Jacques Rancière (1940), Syphax (-250), and Ferhat Abbas (1899). After him are Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcel Cerdan (1916), Marlène Jobert (1940), Assia Djebar (1936), Edwige Fenech (1948), and Chadli Bendjedid (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 3. Before him are Albert Camus (1913), and Apuleius (125). After him are Assia Djebar (1936), Robert Merle (1908), Hélène Cixous (1937), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Kateb Yacine (1929), Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), and Mouloud Feraoun (1913).

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