PHILOSOPHER

Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples

1460 - 1537

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Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (Latinized as Jacobus Faber Stapulensis; c. 1455 – c. 1536) was a French theologian and a leading figure in French humanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples has received more than 107,157 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples is the 429th most popular philosopher (down from 369th in 2019), the 1,254th most popular biography from France (down from 1,067th in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Philosopher.

Jacques LeFèvre d'Étaples is most famous for translating the Bible into French.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples ranks 429 out of 1,267Before him are Adam Ferguson, Ge Hong, Adolf von Harnack, Pierre d'Ailly, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, and Hunayn ibn Ishaq. After him are H. L. A. Hart, Henry Suso, Abul A'la Maududi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Ronald Dworkin, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples ranks 7Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Johann Tetzel, Tristão da Cunha, and Lorenzo Costa. After him are Bartholomew Columbus, Andrea Solari, Juan de la Cosa, Konstanty Ostrogski, Tilman Riemenschneider, and Jacopo de' Barbari. Among people deceased in 1537, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples ranks 5Before him are Jane Seymour, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, and Lorenzo di Credi. After him are Gerolamo Emiliani, Pedro de Mendoza, Madeleine of Valois, Jörg Breu the Elder, Lempira, and Thomas Murner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples ranks 1,254 out of 6,770Before him are Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Victor Noir (1848), Robert Badinter (1928), Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), and Didier Pironi (1952). After him are Élisabeth Borne (1961), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Clément Ader (1841), Philipp Spener (1635), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), and Jules Chéret (1836).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples ranks 57Before him are Étienne Gilson (1884), Alain de Lille (1117), Étienne Cabet (1788), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Alain de Benoist (1943), and Pierre d'Ailly (1350). After him are Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754), Ernest Gellner (1925), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Petrus Ramus (1515), Maine de Biran (1766), and Michel Serres (1930).