1926 - 1984
Paul-Michel Foucault (UK: , US: ; French: [pɔl miʃɛl fuko]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationships between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Foucault has received more than 9,225,667 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Michel Foucault is the 53rd most popular philosopher (down from 46th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from France (up from 60th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Philosopher.
Michel Foucault is most famous for his work on the history of society and the human sciences.
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Among philosophers, Michel Foucault ranks 53 out of 1,081. Before him are Al-Farabi, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Amos Comenius, Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, and Karl Popper. After him are Hannah Arendt, Lucretius, Plotinus, Henri Bergson, Anaxagoras, and Herbert Spencer.
872 - 951
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 47
1889 - 1951
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 48
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 49
490 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 50
490 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 51
1902 - 1994
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 52
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 53
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 54
94 BC - 55 BC
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 55
203 - 270
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 56
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 57
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 58
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1926, Michel Foucault ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, and Fidel Castro. After him are Ingvar Kamprad, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Miles Davis, Sathya Sai Baba, and Dario Fo. Among people deceased in 1984, Michel Foucault ranks 1. After him are Richard Burton, Yuri Andropov, Indira Gandhi, François Truffaut, Paul Dirac, Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Niemöller, Ray Kroc, Mikhail Sholokhov, Truman Capote, and Ed Gein.
1926 - 2022
HPI: 90.46
Rank: 1
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 2
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
1926 - 2022
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
1926 - 2010
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 1
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 3
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 4
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 5
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 6
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 7
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 8
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 9
1905 - 1984
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 11
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Michel Foucault ranks 54 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel de Montaigne (1533), Émile Zola (1840), Claudius (-10), Brigitte Bardot (1934), Francis I of France (1494), and Pierre de Fermat (1601). After him are William the Conqueror (1028), Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), Edgar Degas (1834), Georges Bizet (1838), and Jacques-Louis David (1748).
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 48
1840 - 1902
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 49
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 51
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 52
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 53
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 54
1028 - 1087
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 55
1783 - 1842
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 56
1821 - 1880
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 57
1834 - 1917
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 58
1838 - 1875
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 59
1748 - 1825
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 60
Among philosophers born in France, Michel Foucault ranks 5. Before him are René Descartes (1596), Montesquieu (1689), Auguste Comte (1798), and Michel de Montaigne (1533). After him are Henri Bergson (1859), Peter Abelard (1079), Jean Bodin (1530), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Roland Barthes (1915), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), and Charles Fourier (1772).
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 1
1689 - 1755
HPI: 85.71
Rank: 2
1798 - 1857
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 3
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 4
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 5
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 7
1530 - 1596
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 8
1809 - 1865
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 9
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 10
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 11
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 12