PHILOSOPHER

Jean Guitton

1901 - 1999

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Jean Guitton (August 18, 1901 – March 21, 1999) was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Guitton has received more than 78,609 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Guitton is the 855th most popular philosopher (down from 785th in 2019), the 2,955th most popular biography from France (down from 2,642nd in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jean Guittons by language

Over the past year Jean Guitton has had the most page views in the with 17,665 views, followed by English (8,610), and Spanish (4,186). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (106.31%), Estonian (69.90%), and Mazandarani (62.39%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Guitton ranks 855 out of 1,267. Before him are Michel Marcel Navratil, Michel Henry, Tan Sitong, Maximus of Ephesus, Gaudapada, and Michael Dummett. After him are Józef Maria Bocheński, Musaeus of Athens, Arethas of Caesarea, Perry Anderson, Domingo de Soto, and Emer de Vattel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jean Guitton ranks 131. Before him are Ho Feng-Shan, Mikhail Romm, Salchak Toka, Lee Hoi-chuen, Wolfgang Schmieder, and Joe Davis. After him are Kjeld Abell, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Antal Szerb, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Ismail al-Azhari, and Ebbe Schwartz. Among people deceased in 1999, Jean Guitton ranks 103. Before him are Heinz G. Konsalik, George Mosse, Saul Steinberg, Moondog, Dennis W. Sciama, and Oscar Cullmann. After him are Petr Shelokhonov, Hendrick Chin A Sen, Dmitry Likhachov, Dennis Viollet, Pierre Bézier, and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Guitton ranks 2,955 out of 6,770. Before him are Max Gallo (1932), Audomar (600), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931), François Coty (1874), and Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220). After him are Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Pierre Barouh (1934), Alexandre Deschapelles (1780), Wilhelm Falley (1897), Auguste Clésinger (1814), and Marc Seguin (1786).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Guitton ranks 108. Before him are Claude Lefort (1924), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Michael Baius (1513), Favorinus (85), Gilbert Simondon (1924), and Michel Marcel Navratil (1908). After him are Pierre Daniel Huet (1630), André Glucksmann (1937), Sarah Kofman (1934), Édouard Le Roy (1870), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), and William of Conches (1080).

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