1877 - 1945
Maurice Halbwachs (French: [mɔˈʁis ˈalbvaks]; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Halbwachs has received more than 169,533 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Maurice Halbwachs is the 383rd most popular philosopher (down from 362nd in 2019), the 1,105th most popular biography from France (down from 1,012th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Philosopher.
Maurice Halbwachs is most famous for his theory of collective memory. He argued that social groups have a collective memory that is passed down from generation to generation.
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Among philosophers, Maurice Halbwachs ranks 383 out of 1,081. Before him are Haji Bektash Veli, Gershom Scholem, John Philoponus, Pierre d'Ailly, Cleobulus, and George Santayana. After him are Abu Yusuf, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Siger of Brabant, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Paul Tillich, and Saadia Gaon.
1209 - 1271
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 377
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 378
490 - 570
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 379
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 380
590 BC - 510 BC
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 381
1863 - 1952
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 382
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 383
731 - 798
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 384
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 385
1240 - 1284
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 386
1313 - 1357
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 387
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 388
882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 389
Among people born in 1877, Maurice Halbwachs ranks 21. Before him are Oswald Avery, Kees van Dongen, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Kārlis Ulmanis, Said Nursî, and Arthur Cecil Pigou. After him are Alfred Cortot, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, André Maginot, Karl Abraham, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, and Ernst von Dohnányi. Among people deceased in 1945, Maurice Halbwachs ranks 79. Before him are Konrad Henlein, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Yun Chi-ho, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Wied, Prince of Albania, and Felix Salten. After him are John Ambrose Fleming, Josef Terboven, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hans Oster, Mitsuru Ushijima, and Fritz Klein.
1877 - 1955
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 15
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 16
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 17
1877 - 1942
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 18
1877 - 1960
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 19
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 20
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 21
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 22
1877 - 1964
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 23
1877 - 1932
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 24
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 25
1877 - 1949
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 26
1877 - 1960
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 27
1898 - 1945
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 73
1873 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 74
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 75
1895 - 1945
HPI: 62.00
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1876 - 1945
HPI: 61.66
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1869 - 1945
HPI: 61.53
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1877 - 1945
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1849 - 1945
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1898 - 1945
HPI: 61.29
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1882 - 1945
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 82
1887 - 1945
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 83
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 84
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 85
Among people born in France, Maurice Halbwachs ranks 1,105 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), William of Gellone (750), Claudette Colbert (1903), Hugh of Italy (880), and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523). After him are Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Didier Deschamps (1968), Maria Schneider (1952), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), and Claude Lanzmann (1925).
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 1,099
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,100
750 - 812
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,101
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 1,102
880 - 947
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 1,103
1523 - 1574
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 1,104
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,105
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,106
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1,107
1952 - 2011
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1,108
1841 - 1894
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,109
1714 - 1789
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,110
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,111
Among philosophers born in France, Maurice Halbwachs ranks 52. Before him are Antoine Arnauld (1612), Edgar Morin (1921), René Girard (1923), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Jean Gerson (1363), and Pierre d'Ailly (1350). After him are Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Étienne Cabet (1788), Alain de Lille (1117), Ernest Gellner (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and Maine de Biran (1766).
1612 - 1694
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 46
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 47
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48
1460 - 1537
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 49
1363 - 1429
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 50
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 51
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 52
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 53
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 54
1117 - 1202
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 55
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 56
1190 - 1264
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 57
1766 - 1824
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 58