PHILOSOPHER

Georges Politzer

1903 - 1942

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Georges Politzer (French: [pɔlidzɛʁ]; 3 May 1903 – 23 May 1942) was a French philosopher and Marxist theoretician of Hungarian Jewish origin, affectionately referred to by some as the "red-headed philosopher" (philosophe roux). He was a native of Oradea, a city in present-day Romania (then Nagyvárad, Hungary). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Politzer has received more than 78,859 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Georges Politzer is the 687th most popular philosopher (down from 615th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Romania (down from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Georges Politzer ranks 687 out of 1,267. Before him are Maximus of Tyre, Zhang Zai, Johannes Sturm, Zalmoxis, Alexander Zinoviev, and Theophan Prokopovich. After him are Pyotr Lavrov, Alvin Plantinga, Hakuin Ekaku, François Bernier, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Jerry Fodor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Georges Politzer ranks 97. Before him are Aleksei N. Leontiev, Anny Ondra, Walker Evans, Rudolf Serkin, Watchman Nee, and Nikos Zachariadis. After him are Alice Herz-Sommer, Cornell Woolrich, Victor Brauner, Misao Tamai, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden. Among people deceased in 1942, Georges Politzer ranks 79. Before him are Mikhail Nesterov, Erwin Schulhoff, Georg Alexander Pick, Julio González, Leonid Kulik, and Alfred Flatow. After him are Cesare Mori, Atsushi Nakajima, Walter Sickert, Stjepan Filipović, Vera Figner, and Alois Eliáš.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Georges Politzer ranks 128 out of 844. Before him are Serge Moscovici (1925), Ion Creangă (1837), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), and Vasile Milea (1927). After him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Abraham Wald (1902), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Joseph M. Juran (1904), Mihai Antonescu (1904), and Victor Brauner (1903).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Georges Politzer ranks 3. Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), and Lucien Goldmann (1913). After him are Vazgen I (1908), Péter Pázmány (1570), Ferenc Dávid (1510), and Lucian Blaga (1895).

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