1912 - 1978
Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third Reich. Other notable works included On Aging (1968) and On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (1976). He first adopted the pseudonym Jean Améry in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Améry has received more than 246,449 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean Améry is the 582nd most popular philosopher (up from 609th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Austria (up from 400th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Jean Améry ranks 582 out of 1,081. Before him are Hermann Lotze, Dignāga, Arete of Cyrene, Diogenes of Babylon, Gongsun Long, and Hu Shih. After him are Zisi, Eknath, Abhinavagupta, Jan Patočka, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Mary Parker Follett.
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 576
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 577
400 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 578
240 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 579
325 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 580
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 581
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 582
483 BC - 402 BC
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 583
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 584
950 - 1020
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 585
1907 - 1977
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 586
1207 - 1282
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 587
1868 - 1933
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 588
Among people born in 1912, Jean Améry ranks 90. Before him are Sohn Kee-chung, Hugh Griffith, Jacques Ellul, Shoichi Nishimura, Perry Como, and Philibert Tsiranana. After him are Jiří Trnka, Igor Markevitch, György Sárosi, Fritz Klingenberg, Kim Sung-gan, and Melita Norwood. Among people deceased in 1978, Jean Améry ranks 62. Before him are Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Hubert Humphrey, Henry Corbin, Tetsu Katayama, Jack L. Warner, and Philibert Tsiranana. After him are Fernando Peyroteo, Sisavang Vatthana, Guo Moruo, Pablo Dorado, Lilya Brik, and Robert Shaw.
1912 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 84
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 85
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 86
1912 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 87
1912 - 2001
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 88
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 89
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 90
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 91
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 92
1912 - 1993
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 93
1912 - 1945
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 94
1912 - 1984
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 95
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 96
1896 - 1978
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 56
1911 - 1978
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 57
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 58
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 59
1892 - 1978
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 60
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 61
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 62
1918 - 1978
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 63
1907 - 1978
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 64
1892 - 1978
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 65
1908 - 1978
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 66
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 67
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 68
Among people born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 389 out of 1,237. Before him are Oscar Straus (1870), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), Willi Boskovsky (1909), Zoltán Tildy (1889), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), and Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (1724). After him are Franz Vranitzky (1937), Hans Krankl (1953), Raul Hilberg (1926), Johannes Schober (1874), Herbert Bayer (1900), and Paul Badura-Skoda (1927).
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 383
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 384
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 385
1889 - 1961
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 386
1649 - 1664
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 387
1724 - 1748
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 388
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 389
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 390
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 391
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 392
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 393
1900 - 1985
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 394
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 395
Among philosophers born in Austria, Jean Améry ranks 12. Before him are Ivan Illich (1926), Otto Weininger (1880), Alfred Schütz (1899), Otto Neurath (1882), André Gorz (1923), and Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757). After him are Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), and Helene von Druskowitz (1856).
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 6
1880 - 1903
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 7
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 8
1882 - 1945
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 9
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 10
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 11
1912 - 1978
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 12
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 13
1859 - 1932
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 14
1856 - 1918
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 15