1911 - 1995
Emil Mihai Cioran (Romanian: [eˈmil t͡ʃoˈran] (listen), French: [emil sjɔʁɑ̃]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian-born philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. His works frequently engaged with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Cioran has received more than 864,880 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Emil Cioran is the 116th most popular philosopher (up from 117th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Austria (down from 51st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Philosopher.
Emil Cioran is a Romanian-born philosopher, essayist, and poet who is most famous for his pessimistic philosophy.
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Among philosophers, Emil Cioran ranks 116 out of 1,089. Before him are Pyrrho, George Gurdjieff, Antisthenes, Aristippus, Zhu Xi, and John Rawls. After him are Ibn Arabi, Mozi, Charles Fourier, Hans-Georg Gadamer, John Wycliffe, and Duns Scotus.
365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 110
1866 - 1949
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 111
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 112
434 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 113
1130 - 1200
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 114
1921 - 2002
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 115
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 116
1165 - 1240
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 117
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 118
1772 - 1837
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 119
1900 - 2002
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 120
1324 - 1384
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 121
1265 - 1308
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 122
Among people born in 1911, Emil Cioran ranks 8. Before him are Baba Vanga, Josef Mengele, Konstantin Chernenko, Naguib Mahfouz, Georges Pompidou, and Juan Manuel Fangio. After him are Nino Rota, Władysław Szpilman, Võ Nguyên Giáp, William Golding, Marshall McLuhan, and Jack Ruby. Among people deceased in 1995, Emil Cioran ranks 4. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, Gilles Deleuze, and Juan Manuel Fangio. After him are Harold Wilson, Michael Ende, Emmanuel Levinas, Konrad Zuse, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Dyatlov, Gunnar Nordahl, and Dean Martin.
1911 - 1996
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 2
1911 - 1979
HPI: 84.44
Rank: 3
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 4
1911 - 2006
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 5
1911 - 1974
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 6
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 8
1911 - 1979
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 9
1911 - 2000
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 10
1911 - 2013
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 11
1911 - 1993
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 12
1911 - 1980
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 13
1911 - 1967
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 14
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 1
1925 - 1995
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 3
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 4
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 5
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 7
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 8
1911 - 1995
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 9
1931 - 1995
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 10
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 11
1917 - 1995
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Emil Cioran ranks 55 out of 1,075. Before him are Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Klara Hitler (1860), Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Lise Meitner (1878), and Otto Skorzeny (1908). After him are Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Martin Buber (1878), Anton Webern (1883), and Christian Doppler (1803).
1678 - 1711
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 49
1860 - 1907
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 50
1608 - 1657
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 51
1900 - 1958
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 52
1878 - 1968
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 53
1908 - 1975
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 54
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 55
1844 - 1906
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 56
1903 - 1946
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 57
1912 - 2011
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 58
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 59
1883 - 1945
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 60
1803 - 1853
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 61
Among philosophers born in Austria, Emil Cioran ranks 3. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889) and Karl Popper (1902). After him are Martin Buber (1878), Josef Breuer (1842), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), André Gorz (1923), and Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757).
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 1
1902 - 1994
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 3
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 4
1842 - 1925
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 5
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 6
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 7
1880 - 1903
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 8
1899 - 1959
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 9
1882 - 1945
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 10
1923 - 2007
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 11
1757 - 1823
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 12