PHILOSOPHER
Emmanuel Levinas
1906 - 1995
Emmanuel Levinas
Emmanuel Levinas (; French: [ɛmanɥɛl levinas]; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emmanuel Levinas has received more than 872,122 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Emmanuel Levinas is the 190th most popular philosopher (down from 179th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Philosopher.
Emmanuel Levinas is a philosopher who is most famous for his work on ethics and the other.
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870k
Page Views (PV)
68.96
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
49
Languages Editions (L)
9.29
Effective Languages (L*)
2.97
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Page views of Emmanuel Levinas by language
Over the past year Emmanuel Levinas has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 90,900 views, followed by French (59,578), and Spanish (40,718). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tagalog (72.56%), Yoruba (54.28%), and Slovak (44.90%)
Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Emmanuel Levinas ranks 190 out of 1,267. Before him are Apollonius of Tyana, Moses Mendelssohn, Bernard Bolzano, Ibn Tufail, Nicolas Malebranche, and Jakob Böhme. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Baltasar Gracián, Slavoj Žižek, Diotima of Mantinea, and Solomon ibn Gabirol.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
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Apollonius of Tyana
15 - 100
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 184
Moses Mendelssohn
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
Bernard Bolzano
1781 - 1848
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 186
Ibn Tufail
1110 - 1185
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 187
Nicolas Malebranche
1638 - 1715
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 188
Jakob Böhme
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 189
Emmanuel Levinas
1906 - 1995
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 190
Pierre Gassendi
1592 - 1655
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 191
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
1908 - 1961
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 192
Baltasar Gracián
1601 - 1658
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 193
Slavoj Žižek
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 194
Diotima of Mantinea
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 195
Solomon ibn Gabirol
1021 - 1058
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 196
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1906, Emmanuel Levinas ranks 25. Before him are Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Billy Wilder, Henri Charrière, Hans Bethe, Roberto Rossellini, and Ernst Ruska. After him are Ilse Koch, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Soichiro Honda, Ed Gein, Hermann Fegelein, and Alexey Stakhanov. Among people deceased in 1995, Emmanuel Levinas ranks 8. Before him are Emil Cioran, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Eugene Wigner, Michael Ende, and Mikhail Botvinnik. After him are Adolf Butenandt, Gunnar Nordahl, Konrad Zuse, Dean Martin, Harold Wilson, and Anatoly Dyatlov.
Others Born in 1906
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Faisal of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1975
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 19
Billy Wilder
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 2002
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 20
Henri Charrière
WRITER
1906 - 1973
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 21
Hans Bethe
PHYSICIST
1906 - 2005
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 22
Roberto Rossellini
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1977
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 23
Ernst Ruska
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1988
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 24
Emmanuel Levinas
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1995
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 25
Ilse Koch
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1967
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 26
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 27
Soichiro Honda
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 1991
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 28
Ed Gein
EXTREMIST
1906 - 1984
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 29
Hermann Fegelein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1906 - 1945
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 30
Alexey Stakhanov
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 31
Others Deceased in 1995
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Emil Cioran
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 2
Gilles Deleuze
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 1995
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 3
Juan Manuel Fangio
RACING DRIVER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 5
Michael Ende
WRITER
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 6
Mikhail Botvinnik
CHESS PLAYER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 7
Emmanuel Levinas
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1995
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 8
Adolf Butenandt
CHEMIST
1903 - 1995
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 9
Gunnar Nordahl
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 1995
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 10
Konrad Zuse
INVENTOR
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 11
Dean Martin
MUSICIAN
1917 - 1995
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 12
Harold Wilson
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1995
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 13
Anatoly Dyatlov
ENGINEER
1931 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 14
In Lithuania
Among people born in Lithuania, Emmanuel Levinas ranks 7 out of 328. Before him are Józef Piłsudski (1867), Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Czesław Miłosz (1911), and Mindaugas (1203). After him are Hermann Minkowski (1864), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), and Kęstutis (1297).
Others born in Lithuania
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Józef Piłsudski
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1935
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 1
Władysław II Jagiełło
POLITICIAN
1362 - 1434
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 2
Vytautas
POLITICIAN
1352 - 1430
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 3
Gediminas
POLITICIAN
1275 - 1341
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 4
Czesław Miłosz
WRITER
1911 - 2004
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 5
Mindaugas
POLITICIAN
1203 - 1263
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 6
Emmanuel Levinas
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1995
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 7
Hermann Minkowski
MATHEMATICIAN
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 8
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
LINGUIST
1858 - 1922
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 9
Emma Goldman
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1940
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 10
Algirdas
POLITICIAN
1296 - 1377
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 11
Pyotr Wrangel
NOBLEMAN
1878 - 1928
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 12
Kęstutis
POLITICIAN
1297 - 1382
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 13
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Lithuania
Among philosophers born in Lithuania, Emmanuel Levinas ranks 1. After him are Abram Deborin (1881).
