1889 - 1973
Gabriel Honoré Marcel (1889–1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term philosophy of existence or neo-Socrateanism to define his own thought. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Marcel has received more than 262,194 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Gabriel Marcel is the 212th most popular philosopher (down from 210th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from France (down from 471st in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Philosopher.
Gabriel Marcel was a philosopher, theologian, and dramatist. He is most famous for his philosophy of "Existentialism," which is the idea that people are free to make their own choices and are responsible for the consequences of those choices.
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Among philosophers, Gabriel Marcel ranks 212 out of 1,089. Before him are Georgi Plekhanov, Bayazid Bastami, Benedetto Croce, Pelagius, Muhammad Abduh, and Melissus of Samos. After him are Miguel de Unamuno, Swami Vivekananda, Paulo Freire, Bernard Bolzano, Hasan al-Basri, and Hippias.
1856 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 206
804 - 874
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 207
1866 - 1952
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 208
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 209
1849 - 1905
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 210
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 211
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 212
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 213
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 214
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 215
1781 - 1848
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 216
642 - 728
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 217
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 218
Among people born in 1889, Gabriel Marcel ranks 17. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Vaslav Nijinsky, Igor Sikorsky, Idris of Libya, Manuel II of Portugal, and Carl von Ossietzky. After him are Otto Frank, Gabriela Mistral, Paul Karrer, Louise Mountbatten, Jacob L. Moreno, and Carl Theodor Dreyer. Among people deceased in 1973, Gabriel Marcel ranks 25. Before him are Paavo Nurmi, John Ford, Hans Kelsen, Pablo Casals, Ferdinand Schörner, and Semyon Budyonny. After him are Anna Magnani, Víctor Jara, J. Hans D. Jensen, Jacques Maritain, Karl Ziegler, and Charles Greeley Abbot.
1889 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1889 - 1950
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 12
1889 - 1972
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 13
1889 - 1983
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 14
1889 - 1932
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 15
1889 - 1938
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 16
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 17
1889 - 1980
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 18
1889 - 1957
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 19
1889 - 1971
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 20
1889 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 21
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 22
1889 - 1968
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 23
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 19
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 20
1881 - 1973
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 21
1876 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 22
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 24
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
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1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
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1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
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1907 - 1973
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 28
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 29
1898 - 1973
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 30
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 31
Among people born in France, Gabriel Marcel ranks 489 out of 5,234. Before him are Frédéric Bazille (1841), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Bernard Arnault (1949), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Marie Tussaud (1761), and Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647). After him are Alfred de Musset (1810), Marius Petipa (1818), William Wyler (1902), Pérotin (1160), Claude Chabrol (1930), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876).
1841 - 1870
HPI: 75.29
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1727 - 1781
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 485
1519 - 1563
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 486
1761 - 1850
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 487
1647 - 1690
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 488
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 489
1810 - 1857
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 490
1818 - 1910
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 491
1902 - 1981
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 492
1160 - 1230
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 493
1930 - 2010
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 494
1876 - 1958
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 495
Among philosophers born in France, Gabriel Marcel ranks 29. Before him are Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Pierre Gassendi (1592), and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714). After him are Gaston Bachelard (1884), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Guy Debord (1931), Jacques Maritain (1882), Nicole Oresme (1323), and Raymond Aron (1905).
1709 - 1751
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 23
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 24
1924 - 1998
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 25
1638 - 1715
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 26
1592 - 1655
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 27
1714 - 1780
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 28
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 29
1884 - 1962
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 30
1753 - 1821
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 31
1931 - 1994
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 32
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 33
1323 - 1382
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 34
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 35