1926 - 1984
Paul-Michel Doria Foucault (UK: FOO-koh, US: foo-KOH; 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 relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social control through societal institutions. Though often cited as a post-structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Foucault has received more than 5,541,650 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Foucault is the 46th most popular philosopher (down from 40th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from France (down from 46th 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 46 out of 1,089. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maria Montessori, Parmenides, Origen, Thomas More, and Al-Farabi. After him are Karl Popper, Protagoras, Hannah Arendt, Henri Bergson, Plotinus, and Zeno of Elea.
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 41
501 BC - 470 BC
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 42
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 43
1478 - 1535
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 44
872 - 951
HPI: 84.41
Rank: 45
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 46
1902 - 1994
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 47
486 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 48
1906 - 1975
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 49
1859 - 1941
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 50
203 - 270
HPI: 83.77
Rank: 51
490 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 83.73
Rank: 52
Among people born in 1926, Michel Foucault ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, and Fidel Castro. After him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ingvar Kamprad, Jiang Zemin, Leslie Nielsen, Chuck Berry, Sathya Sai Baba, Dario Fo, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Among people deceased in 1984, Michel Foucault ranks 1. After him are Richard Burton, Yuri Andropov, Indira Gandhi, Ray Kroc, François Truffaut, Paul Dirac, Johnny Weissmuller, Ed Gein, Truman Capote, Martin Niemöller, and Mikhail Sholokhov.
1926 - Present
HPI: 93.05
Rank: 1
1926 - 1962
HPI: 89.12
Rank: 2
1926 - 2016
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 3
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 4
1926 - 2014
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 5
1926 - 2018
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 6
1926 - Present
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 7
1926 - 2010
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 8
1926 - 2017
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 9
1926 - 2011
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 10
1926 - 2016
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 11
1926 - 2020
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 12
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 1
1925 - 1984
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 2
1914 - 1984
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 3
1917 - 1984
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 4
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 5
1932 - 1984
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 6
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 7
1904 - 1984
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 8
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 10
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 11
1905 - 1984
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Michel Foucault ranks 60 out of 5,234. Before him are Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Edgar Degas (1834), Georges Bizet (1838), Pierre de Fermat (1601), Brigitte Bardot (1934), and Arthur Rimbaud (1854). After him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Hector Berlioz (1803), Maurice Ravel (1875), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), Henri Becquerel (1852), and Gustave Eiffel (1832).
1585 - 1642
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 54
1834 - 1917
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 55
1838 - 1875
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 56
1601 - 1665
HPI: 84.48
Rank: 57
1934 - Present
HPI: 84.41
Rank: 58
1854 - 1891
HPI: 84.36
Rank: 59
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 60
1520 - 1594
HPI: 84.32
Rank: 61
1803 - 1869
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 62
1875 - 1937
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 63
1780 - 1867
HPI: 84.10
Rank: 64
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 65
1832 - 1923
HPI: 84.06
Rank: 66
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), Gilles Deleuze (1925), and Charles Fourier (1772).
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.74
Rank: 1
1689 - 1755
HPI: 89.08
Rank: 2
1798 - 1857
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 3
1533 - 1592
HPI: 85.09
Rank: 4
1926 - 1984
HPI: 84.34
Rank: 5
1859 - 1941
HPI: 83.96
Rank: 6
1079 - 1142
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 7
1530 - 1596
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 8
1809 - 1865
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 9
1915 - 1980
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 10
1925 - 1995
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 11
1772 - 1837
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 12