1882 - 1973
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 341,027 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Jacques Maritain is the 243rd most popular philosopher (down from 233rd in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from France (down from 568th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Jacques Maritain ranks 243 out of 1,089. Before him are Ernst Bloch, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Guy Debord, Iamblichus, Milarepa, and Nikolai Berdyaev. After him are Isaiah Berlin, Hans Jonas, Orosius, Apollodorus of Athens, Nicole Oresme, and Ibn al-Nafis.
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 237
1512 - 1609
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 238
1931 - 1994
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 239
245 - 330
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 240
1052 - 1135
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 241
1874 - 1948
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 242
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 243
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 244
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 245
375 - 420
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 246
180 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 247
1323 - 1382
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 248
1212 - 1289
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1882, Jacques Maritain ranks 32. Before him are Zoltán Kodály, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Arthur Eddington, Charles Ponzi, Princess Margaret of Connaught, and Getúlio Vargas. After him are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Percy Williams Bridgman, Hans Geiger, Bela Lugosi, Moritz Schlick, and Rodolfo Graziani. Among people deceased in 1973, Jacques Maritain ranks 29. Before him are Ferdinand Schörner, Semyon Budyonny, Gabriel Marcel, Anna Magnani, Víctor Jara, and J. Hans D. Jensen. After him are Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, Hans Albert Einstein, Selman Waksman, A. S. Neill, and Walter Rudolf Hess.
1882 - 1967
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 26
1882 - 1962
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 27
1882 - 1944
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 28
1882 - 1949
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 29
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 30
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 31
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 33
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 34
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 35
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 36
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 37
1882 - 1955
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 38
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 24
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 25
1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 26
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 27
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
1904 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 32
1888 - 1973
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 33
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 34
1881 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 35
Among people born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 623 out of 5,234. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Syagrius (430), Peter Waldo (1140), William of Rubruck (1220), and Darius Milhaud (1892). After him are Marie of Anjou (1404), Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), and Luigi Lucheni (1873).
1698 - 1759
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 617
1741 - 1788
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 618
430 - 487
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 619
1140 - 1205
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 620
1220 - 1293
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 621
1892 - 1974
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 622
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 623
1404 - 1463
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 624
1843 - 1904
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 625
1922 - 2008
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 626
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 627
1771 - 1835
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 628
1873 - 1910
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 629
Among philosophers born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 33. Before him are Pierre Gassendi (1592), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Joseph de Maistre (1753), and Guy Debord (1931). After him are Nicole Oresme (1323), Raymond Aron (1905), Roger Garaudy (1913), François Fénelon (1651), Georges Sorel (1847), and Félix Guattari (1930).
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
1913 - 2012
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 36
1651 - 1715
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 37
1847 - 1922
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 38
1930 - 1992
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 39