PHILOSOPHER

Jean Wahl

1888 - 1974

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Jean André Wahl (French: [val]; 25 May 1888 – 19 June 1974) was a French philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Wahl has received more than 103,385 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jean Wahl is the 669th most popular philosopher (up from 872nd in 2019), the 2,102nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,002nd in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Philosopher.

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  • 56.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Wahl ranks 669 out of 1,267. Before him are Dignāga, Mario Bunge, Stein Rokkan, Alfred Schmidt, Jaakko Hintikka, and Guarino da Verona. After him are Yang Xiong, Pierre Hadot, Hossein Nasr, Cheng Yi, Julius Pollux, and Lucien Goldmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Jean Wahl ranks 81. Before him are Valerian Kuybyshev, Clara Campoamor, Fritz Reiner, Du Yuesheng, Alphonse Juin, and Grigori Sokolnikov. After him are Jakow Trachtenberg, Prince Axel of Denmark, Royal Rife, Victor Goldschmidt, Gunichi Mikawa, and Chōjun Miyagi. Among people deceased in 1974, Jean Wahl ranks 64. Before him are Jean Absil, Vasily Shukshin, Otto Braun, Lajos Zilahy, Junio Valerio Borghese, and Eurico Gaspar Dutra. After him are Anne Sexton, Christine Chubbuck, Ed Sullivan, Jan Tschichold, Bill Finger, and Werner Lorenz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Wahl ranks 2,102 out of 6,770. Before him are Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006), François Ozon (1967), Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), Sébastien Bourdon (1616), François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641), and Marguerite of Lorraine (1615). After him are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Carle Vernet (1758), Louis Réard (1897), Henri Mouhot (1826), and Madeleine of Valois (1520).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Wahl ranks 86. Before him are Jean Hyppolite (1907), Berengar of Tours (998), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Pierre Charron (1541), Louis Lavelle (1883), and Paul Virilio (1932). After him are Pierre Hadot (1922), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Amalric of Bena (1150), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Julien Benda (1867), and Fulbert of Chartres (960).

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