1882 - 1973
Jacques Maritain (French: [maʁitɛ̃]; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a 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 561,712 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Maritain is the 249th 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 French 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, Jacques Maritain ranks 249 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.
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 243
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
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1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
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200 - Present
HPI: 65.95
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390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 65.92
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375 - 420
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 248
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 249
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 250
80 - 150
HPI: 65.75
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1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
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460 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 65.52
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1548 - 1617
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 254
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 255
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.
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
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1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 26
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
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1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 28
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
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1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 30
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 31
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
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1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 33
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
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1882 - 1962
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 35
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.92
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1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
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1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
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1892 - 1973
HPI: 67.84
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1883 - 1973
HPI: 67.62
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1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
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1907 - 1973
HPI: 67.14
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1895 - 1973
HPI: 65.92
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1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
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1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
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1904 - 1973
HPI: 65.35
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1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.27
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1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
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1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
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1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
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Among people born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 630 out of 6,011. Before him are Juliette Gréco (1927), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Camille Flammarion (1842), Catherine of Valois (1401), and François Mansart (1598). After him are Maurice Béjart (1927), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Élisabeth of France (1764), and Jean Parisot de Valette (1494).
1927 - 2020
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1706 - 1749
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1683 - 1757
HPI: 65.91
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1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
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1401 - 1437
HPI: 65.87
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1598 - 1666
HPI: 65.86
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1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 630
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
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1799 - 1864
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 632
1784 - 1833
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 633
1865 - 1938
HPI: 65.80
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1764 - 1794
HPI: 65.78
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1494 - 1568
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Among philosophers born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 34. Before him are Gabriel Marcel (1889), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Guy Debord (1931), and François Fénelon (1651). After him are Nicole Oresme (1323), Roger Garaudy (1913), Georges Sorel (1847), Raymond Aron (1905), Félix Guattari (1930), and Roscellinus (1050).
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 28
1924 - 1998
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 29
1753 - 1821
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 30
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 31
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 32
1651 - 1715
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 33
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 34
1323 - 1382
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 35
1913 - 2012
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 36
1847 - 1922
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 37
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 38
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 39
1050 - 1121
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 40