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Jean-François Revel

1924 - 2006

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Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 1924 – 30 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free market economics. He was a member of the Académie française after June 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François Revel has received more than 132,283 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean-François Revel is the 2,916th most popular writer (up from 3,049th in 2019), the 3,088th most popular biography from France (up from 3,116th in 2019) and the 385th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sur Proust
1960
The French
Politics and government, Intellectual life, France -- Politics and government -- 1958-
1966
Comment les démocraties finissent
Communism, Communist strategy, Democracy
1983
Pourquoi des philosophes
Methodology, Philosophy, Study and teaching
1957
Le moine et le philosophe
Doctrines, Buddhism, Comparative Philosophy
1998
Ni Marx, ni Jésus
Social conditions, Social history, Histoire sociale
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean-François Revel ranks 2,916 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniel Varoujan, Anselm Grün, Heinrich von Veldeke, Dodie Smith, Jorge Guillén, and Armand Salacrou. After him are Tony Robbins, Jack Higgins, Tomaž Šalamun, Albert of Aix, Acusilaus, and Anatoly Rybakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jean-François Revel ranks 185. Before him are Yuri Orlov, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Werner Kohlmeyer, John Hansen, Max Roach, and Girija Prasad Koirala. After him are Gohar Gasparyan, Fud Leclerc, Gevork Vartanian, Isadore Singer, Maurice Karnaugh, and Rudolf Barshai. Among people deceased in 2006, Jean-François Revel ranks 150. Before him are Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Paul Gleason, Rudi Carrell, Asima Chatterjee, Jack Williamson, and Elena Mukhina. After him are Richard Bright, David Gemmell, Gerard Reve, Lars Korvald, Red Auerbach, and Henri Colpi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Revel ranks 3,088 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Yves Meyer (1939), Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (945), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), and Armand Salacrou (1899). After him are Pierre Bézier (1910), Jacques Hamel (1930), Francis Garnier (1839), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740), and Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-François Revel ranks 385. Before him are Pierre Grimal (1912), Guiraut Riquier (1230), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Léon Daudet (1867), Jean Richepin (1849), and Armand Salacrou (1899). After him are Pascal Bruckner (1948), Thomas Corneille (1625), Suzanne Curchod (1737), Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746), Hervé Bazin (1911), and Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770).

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