1948 - Today
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, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 819 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 813
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 814
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 815
1200 - 1301
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 816
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 817
320 - 380
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 818
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 819
190 - 264
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 820
200 - 300
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 821
1893 - 1984
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 822
1310 - 1348
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 823
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 824
32 - 92
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 825
Among people born in 1948, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 48. Before 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.
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 42
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 43
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 44
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 46
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 47
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 48
1948 - 2024
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 50
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 51
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 52
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 53
1948 - 2017
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 54
Among people born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 28 out of 184. Before 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).
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 22
85 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 23
360 - 428
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 24
1899 - 1985
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 25
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 26
250 BC - 202 BC
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 27
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 28
9 BC - 40
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 29
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 30
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 31
1094 - 1163
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 32
110 - 260
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 33
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 34
Among writers born in Algeria, Bernard-Henri Lévy ranks 3. Before 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).
1913 - 1960
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 1
125 - 170
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 3
110 - 260
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 4
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 5
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 7
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 8
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 9
1013 - 1103
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 10
1913 - 1962
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 11
1578 - 1632
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 12