PHILOSOPHER

Michel Onfray

1959 - Today

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Michel Onfray (French: [miʃɛl ɔ̃fʁɛ]; born 1 January 1959) is a French writer and philosopher with a hedonistic, epicurean and atheist worldview. A highly prolific author on philosophy, he has written over 100 books. His philosophy is mainly influenced by such thinkers as Nietzsche, Epicurus, the Cynic and Cyrenaic schools, as well as French materialism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Onfray has received more than 558,814 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Michel Onfray is the 956th most popular philosopher (down from 944th in 2019), the 3,454th most popular biography from France (down from 3,339th in 2019) and the 120th most popular French Philosopher.

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  • 58.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel Onfray ranks 956 out of 1,267. Before him are Evald Ilyenkov, Tomáš Halík, Cineas, Ajita Kesakambali, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, and Zeno of Tarsus. After him are Lysander Spooner, Leontion, Edmund Gettier, Herbert Feigl, Critolaus, and Abraham Joshua Heschel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Michel Onfray ranks 148. Before him are David Koresh, Ezzaki Badou, Éric Serra, Mauricio Funes, Nir Barkat, and Akhmed Zakayev. After him are Majid Majidi, Toni Servillo, Pete Burns, Gustavo Cerati, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, and Nobuo Uematsu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Onfray ranks 3,454 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Marchal (1920), Rosa Vercellana (1833), Bernard Lama (1963), Albéric Magnard (1865), Maurizio Galbaio (800), and Jean-Claude Izzo (1945). After him are Anne Vernon (1924), Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Willy Sagnol (1977), Rutebeuf (1300), Loyset Compère (1440), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel Onfray ranks 120. Before him are William of Conches (1080), Jacques-André Naigeon (1738), Denis Pétau (1583), Antoine Berman (1942), Paul Janet (1823), and Firmin Abauzit (1679). After him are Anselm of Laon (1050), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Pierre Nicole (1625), Guillaume Faye (1949), Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), and Jean Rostand (1894).

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