1925 - 1986
Michel de Certeau (French: [sɛʁto]; 17 May 1925 – 9 January 1986) was a French Jesuit priest and scholar whose work combined history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences as well as hermeneutics, semiotics, ethnology, and religion. He was known as a philosopher of everyday life and widely regarded as a historian who had interests ranging from travelogues of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to contemporary urban life.A multidisciplinarian, he wrote ground-breaking studies in fields as diverse as mysticism, the act of faith, cultural dynamics in contemporary society, and historiography as an intellectual practice. His impact continues unabated, with new volumes appearing regularly, and perhaps surprisingly his reputation is growing even more rapidly in English and German-speaking countries and the Mediterranean than in his native France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel de Certeau has received more than 335,361 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michel de Certeau is the 427th most popular philosopher (down from 426th in 2019), the 1,281st most popular biography from France (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Philosopher.
Michel de Certeau is most famous for his book "The Practice of Everyday Life". In this book, he explains how people use spaces and everyday objects in their everyday lives.
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Among philosophers, Michel de Certeau ranks 427 out of 1,081. Before him are Peter Sloterdijk, Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, and Ge Hong. After him are Étienne Gilson, Damascius, Eudemus of Rhodes, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Adolf von Harnack, and Hans Reichenbach.
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 421
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 422
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 423
1529 - 1597
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 424
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 425
284 - 364
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 426
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 427
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 428
480 - 550
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 429
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 430
809 - 873
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 431
1851 - 1930
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 432
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 433
Among people born in 1925, Michel de Certeau ranks 75. Before him are Hal Holbrook, Oliver Smithies, József Bozsik, Bill Haley, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ernest Gellner. After him are Harry Harrison, Joshua Lederberg, Leo Esaki, John DeLorean, Gabriele Amorth, and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1986, Michel de Certeau ranks 42. Before him are Lê Duẩn, James Cagney, Robert S. Mulliken, Vincente Minnelli, Otto Preminger, and Dean Reed. After him are Erik Bruhn, Adolfo Celi, Serge Lifar, Raymond Loewy, Ye Jianying, and Coluche.
1925 - 2021
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 69
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 70
1925 - 1978
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 71
1925 - 1981
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 72
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 73
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 74
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 75
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 76
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 77
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 78
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 79
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 80
1925 - 2010
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 81
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 36
1899 - 1986
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 37
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 38
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 39
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 40
1938 - 1986
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 41
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 42
1928 - 1986
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 43
1922 - 1986
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 44
1904 - 1986
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 45
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 46
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 47
1944 - 1986
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 48
Among people born in France, Michel de Certeau ranks 1,281 out of 6,011. Before him are Aimé Bonpland (1773), André Michelin (1853), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Maurice Thorez (1900), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), and Pierre Larousse (1817). After him are Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), John III of Navarre (1477), and Étienne Gilson (1884).
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,275
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,276
1158 - 1197
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 1,277
1900 - 1964
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,278
1435 - 1472
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,279
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 1,280
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 1,281
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 1,282
1685 - 1766
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 1,283
1926 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 1,284
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,285
1477 - 1516
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1,286
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 1,287
Among philosophers born in France, Michel de Certeau ranks 61. Before him are Alain de Lille (1117), Ernest Gellner (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), Maine de Biran (1766), Richard Avenarius (1843), and Emmanuel Mounier (1905). After him are Étienne Gilson (1884), Michel Serres (1930), Alain de Benoist (1943), Petrus Ramus (1515), Pierre Duhem (1861), and William of Champeaux (1070).
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
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 59
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 60
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 61
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 62
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 64
1515 - 1572
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 65
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 66
1070 - 1121
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 67