1866 - 1938
Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Russian: Лев Исаа́кович Шесто́в, 1866 – 1938), born Yehuda Leib Shvartsman (Russian: Иегуда Лейб Шварцман), was a Russian existentialist philosopher, known for his "philosophy of despair". Born in Kiev (Russian Empire) on February 12 [O.S. January 31] 1866, he emigrated to France in 1921, fleeing from the aftermath of the October Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Shestov has received more than 209,318 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Lev Shestov is the 351st most popular philosopher (down from 345th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 97th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.
Lev Shestov was a Russian philosopher who was most famous for his book "Tolstoy and Dostoevsky: A Study in Dostoevsky's Attitude Toward Reality."
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Among philosophers, Lev Shestov ranks 351 out of 1,089. Before him are Judith Butler, Miskawayh, Strato of Lampsacus, Johann Georg Hamann, Ronald Dworkin, and Edgar Morin. After him are Han Yu, Richard Rorty, Antoine Arnauld, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Yi I, and Wilhelm Windelband.
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 345
932 - 1030
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 346
335 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 347
1730 - 1788
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 348
1931 - 2013
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 349
1921 - Present
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 350
1866 - 1938
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 351
768 - 824
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 352
1931 - 2007
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 353
1612 - 1694
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 354
1782 - 1854
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 355
1536 - 1584
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 356
1848 - 1915
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 357
Among people born in 1866, Lev Shestov ranks 23. Before him are Charles Nicolle, Butch Cassidy, Jacinto Benavente, Léon Bakst, Ramsay MacDonald, and Nathan Söderblom. After him are Emilio De Bono, Antoine Meillet, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, August von Wassermann, and Enrique Simonet. Among people deceased in 1938, Lev Shestov ranks 33. Before him are Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Feodor Chaliapin, Nikolai Kondratiev, Hans Christian Gram, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Suzanne Lenglen, Christian Lous Lange, Branislav Nušić, Otto Bauer, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy.
1866 - 1936
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 17
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 18
1866 - 1954
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 19
1866 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 20
1866 - 1937
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 21
1866 - 1931
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 22
1866 - 1938
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 23
1866 - 1944
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 24
1866 - 1936
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 25
1866 - 1939
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 26
1866 - 1923
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 27
1866 - 1925
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 28
1866 - 1927
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 29
1876 - 1938
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 27
1873 - 1938
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 28
1892 - 1938
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 29
1853 - 1938
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 30
1862 - 1938
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 31
1853 - 1938
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 32
1866 - 1938
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 33
1899 - 1938
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 34
1869 - 1938
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 35
1864 - 1938
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 36
1881 - 1938
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 37
1907 - 1938
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 38
1890 - 1938
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 39
Among people born in Ukraine, Lev Shestov ranks 98 out of 913. Before him are Jacob Frank (1726), Anacharsis (-700), Alexander Archipenko (1887), Andriy Shevchenko (1976), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), and Nestor the Chronicler (1056). After him are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Mamai (1335), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Emil Gilels (1916), and Alexander Dovzhenko (1894).
1726 - 1791
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 92
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 93
1887 - 1964
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 94
1976 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 95
1030 - 1093
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 96
1056 - 1106
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 97
1866 - 1938
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 98
1932 - 1999
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 99
1905 - 1997
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 100
1335 - 1380
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 101
1882 - 1937
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 102
1916 - 1985
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 103
1894 - 1956
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 104
Among philosophers born in Ukraine, Lev Shestov ranks 3. Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev (1874) and Anacharsis (-700). After him are P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Alexius Meinong (1853), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Hugo Kołłątaj (1750), Georges Florovsky (1893), and Ber Borochov (1881).
1874 - 1948
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 1
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 2
1866 - 1938
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 3
1878 - 1947
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 4
325 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 5
1853 - 1920
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 6
1681 - 1736
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7
1750 - 1812
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 8
1893 - 1979
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 9
1881 - 1917
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 10