1928 - 2019
Jean Vanier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ vanje], September 10, 1928 – May 7, 2019) was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian. In 1964, he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities spread over 37 countries for people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them. In 1971, he co-founded Faith and Light with Marie-Hélène Mathieu, which also works for people with developmental disabilities, their families, and friends in over 80 countries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Vanier has received more than 705,651 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Vanier is the 719th most popular philosopher (down from 527th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 139th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Jean Vanier ranks 719 out of 1,081. Before him are Daisaku Ikeda, Jakob Lorber, Pantaenus, Anania Shirakatsi, Alexander Zinoviev, and Li Zhi. After him are Wonhyo, Leontion, Mario Bunge, Hossein Nasr, Anton Wilhelm Amo, and Helen Parkhurst.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 713
1800 - 1864
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 714
200 - 216
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 715
610 - 685
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 716
1922 - 2006
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 717
1527 - 1602
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 718
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 719
617 - 686
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 720
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 721
1919 - 2020
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 722
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 723
1703 - 1759
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 724
1886 - 1973
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 725
Among people born in 1928, Jean Vanier ranks 169. Before him are Gerald Bull, Branko Mikulić, Maurice Sendak, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Daisaku Ikeda, and Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia. After him are Édouard Molinaro, Robert Badinter, Charles Gray, Stuart Whitman, Cécile Aubry, and Henry Silva. Among people deceased in 2019, Jean Vanier ranks 126. Before him are Antoine Gizenga, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Jacques Loussier, John C. Bogle, and Harold Bloom. After him are Judith Kerr, Emanuel Ungaro, John Havlicek, France-Albert René, Jan Stráský, and Peter Schreier.
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 163
1928 - 1994
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 164
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 165
1928 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 166
1928 - 2023
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 167
1928 - 2000
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 168
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 169
1928 - 2013
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 170
1928 - 2024
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 171
1928 - 2000
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 172
1928 - 2020
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 173
1928 - 2010
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 174
1928 - 2022
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 175
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 120
1903 - 2019
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 121
1919 - 2019
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 122
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 123
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 124
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 125
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 126
1923 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 127
1933 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 128
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 129
1935 - 2019
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 130
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 131
1935 - 2019
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 132
Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Vanier ranks 217 out of 876. Before him are Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jean Ziegler (1934), Carlo Fontana (1638), Jost Amman (1539), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), and Heinrich Glarean (1488). After him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Ubol Ratana (1951), Louis of Cyprus (1436), Eugène Grasset (1845), Jean-André Deluc (1727), and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767).
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 211
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 212
1638 - 1714
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 213
1539 - 1591
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 214
1698 - 1783
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 215
1488 - 1563
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 216
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 217
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 218
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 219
1436 - 1482
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 220
1845 - 1917
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 221
1727 - 1817
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 222
1767 - 1845
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 223
Among philosophers born in Switzerland, Jean Vanier ranks 6. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Frithjof Schuon (1907), and Denis de Rougemont (1906). After him are Emer de Vattel (1714), Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768), and Tariq Ramadan (1962).
1712 - 1778
HPI: 89.83
Rank: 1
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 2
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 3
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 4
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 5
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 6
1714 - 1767
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
1768 - 1854
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 9