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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 1,492,220 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Bernard-Henri Lévy is the 819th most popular writer (up from 1,031st in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 29th 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 819 out of 5,755Before him are Jean Anouilh, Philip Pullman, Stesichorus, Zhang Sanfeng, V. S. Naipaul, and Aelius Donatus. After him are Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Bhāsa, Viktor Shklovsky, Laura de Noves, Frank Wedekind, and Ban Gu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 48Before him are Giorgio Parisi, Jerzy Kukuczka, Tony Iommi, Grace Jones, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Rudolf Schenker. After him are Carl Weathers, Ian McEwan, Brian Eno, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Ian Paice, and Powers Boothe.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 28 out of 184Before him are Jacques Rancière (1940), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Martianus Capella (360), Ferhat Abbas (1899), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), and Syphax (-250). After him are Ptolemy of Mauretania (-9), Marlène Jobert (1940), Daniel Auteuil (1950), Abd al-Mu'min (1094), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), and Robert Merle (1908).

Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 3Before him are Albert Camus (1913) and Apuleius (125). After him are Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), Assia Djebar (1936), Hélène Cixous (1937), Kateb Yacine (1929), Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578).

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