1912 - 1984
Chaïm Perelman (born Henio (or Henri) Perelman; sometimes referred to mistakenly as Charles Perelman) (20 May 1912, Warsaw – 22 January 1984, Brussels) was a Belgian philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaïm Perelman has received more than 129,579 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chaïm Perelman is the 528th most popular philosopher (up from 639th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Poland (up from 391st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Chaïm Perelman ranks 528 out of 1,081. Before him are Huiyuan, Zaleucus, Al-Shahrastani, Al-Baydawi, Dharmakirti, and Cesare Ripa. After him are Crates of Mallus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marpa Lotsawa, Berengar of Tours, Charles W. Morris, and Vilém Flusser.
334 - 416
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 522
663 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 523
1086 - 1153
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 524
1201 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 525
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 526
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 527
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 528
200 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 529
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 530
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 531
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 532
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 533
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 534
Among people born in 1912, Chaïm Perelman ranks 81. Before him are Yuen Siu-tien, Barbara W. Tuchman, Michel Debré, A. E. van Vogt, Lady Bird Johnson, and Woody Guthrie. After him are Arne Næss, Richard Brooks, Sohn Kee-chung, Hugh Griffith, Jacques Ellul, and Shoichi Nishimura. Among people deceased in 1984, Chaïm Perelman ranks 52. Before him are Pavel Batitsky, Walter Rauff, Jiro Miyake, Count Basie, Hans Speidel, and Fikret Amirov. After him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Raoul Salan, Rodrigo Lara, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Eduardo De Filippo, and Mark W. Clark.
1912 - 1979
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 75
1912 - 1989
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 76
1912 - 1996
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 77
1912 - 2000
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 78
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 79
1912 - 1967
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 80
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 81
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 82
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 83
1912 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 84
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 85
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 86
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 87
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 46
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 47
1900 - 1984
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 48
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 49
1897 - 1984
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 50
1922 - 1984
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 51
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 52
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 53
1899 - 1984
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 54
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 55
1947 - 1984
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 56
1900 - 1984
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 57
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 58
Among people born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 304 out of 1,454. Before him are Hans Bellmer (1902), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Józef Bem (1794), Ida Haendel (1928), and Krzysztof Zanussi (1939). After him are Fritz Gerlich (1883), Henry the Bearded (1163), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Andreas Schlüter (1660), Gunther von Hagens (1945), and Siemomysł (922).
1902 - 1975
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 298
1286 - 1335
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 299
1863 - 1916
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 300
1794 - 1850
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 301
1928 - 2020
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 302
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 303
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 304
1883 - 1934
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 305
1163 - 1238
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 306
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 307
1660 - 1714
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 308
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 309
922 - 950
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 310
Among philosophers born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 14. Before him are Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), and Leszek Kołakowski (1927). After him are Roman Ingarden (1893), Florian Znaniecki (1882), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), John Cantius (1390), and Symon Budny (1530).
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 8
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 9
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 10
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 11
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 12
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 13
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 14
1893 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 15
1882 - 1958
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 16
1485 - 1558
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 17
1928 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 18
1390 - 1473
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 19
1530 - 1593
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 20