PHILOSOPHER

Jacques Maritain

1882 - 1973

Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain (French: [maʁitɛ̃]; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised Protestant, he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Maritain has received more than 448,113 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Maritain is the 252nd most popular philosopher (down from 243rd in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from France (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Philosopher.

Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher, who is most famous for his work on the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Maritain ranks 252 out of 1,081. Before him are Thomas Carlyle, Theano, Ibn al-Nafis, Celsus, Vyasa, and Orosius. After him are Franz Brentano, Aśvaghoṣa, Vladimir Solovyov, Prodicus, Francisco Suárez, and Ram Mohan Roy.

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Thomas Carlyle
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 246
Theano
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 247
Ibn al-Nafis
1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
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Celsus
200 - Present
HPI: 65.95
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Vyasa
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
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Orosius
375 - 420
HPI: 65.83
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Jacques Maritain
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 252
Franz Brentano
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 253
Aśvaghoṣa
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 254
Vladimir Solovyov
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
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Prodicus
460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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Francisco Suárez
1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
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Ram Mohan Roy
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 258

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jacques Maritain ranks 31. Before him are Zoltán Kodály, Rodolfo Graziani, Charles Ponzi, Getúlio Vargas, Emmerich Kálmán, and Percy Williams Bridgman. After him are A. A. Milne, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Hans Geiger, and Arthur Eddington. Among people deceased in 1973, Jacques Maritain ranks 30. Before him are Gabriel Marcel, Ferdinand Schörner, Semyon Budyonny, Víctor Jara, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Ragnar Frisch. After him are Selman Waksman, Hans Albert Einstein, Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, Luis Carrero Blanco, and Jean-Pierre Melville.

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Zoltán Kodály
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 25
Rodolfo Graziani
1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 26
Charles Ponzi
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 27
Getúlio Vargas
1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 28
Emmerich Kálmán
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 29
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 30
Jacques Maritain
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 31
A. A. Milne
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 32
Princess Margaret of Connaught
1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 33
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 34
Princess Marie Bonaparte
1882 - 1962
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 35
Hans Geiger
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 36
Arthur Eddington
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 37