PHILOSOPHER

Olavo de Carvalho

1947 - 2022

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Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (Brazilian Portuguese: [oˈlavu luˈis pimẽˈtɛw dʒi kaʁˈvaʎu]; 29 April 1947 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. While publishing about politics, literature and philosophy since the 1980s, he made himself known to wider Brazilian audiences from the 1990s onwards, mainly writing columns for some of Brazil's major media outlets, such as the newspaper O Globo. In the 2000s, he began to use personal blogs and social media to convey his conservative and anti-communist ideas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olavo de Carvalho has received more than 569,179 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Olavo de Carvalho is the 945th most popular philosopher (down from 674th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Olavo de Carvalho ranks 945 out of 1,267. Before him are Richard Swinburne, Debendranath Tagore, Robert Anton Wilson, Samuel Alexander, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, and Gabriel Biel. After him are Rüdiger Safranski, Firmin Abauzit, Fernando Savater, Lacydes of Cyrene, Evald Ilyenkov, and Tomáš Halík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Olavo de Carvalho ranks 301. Before him are Bernard Giraudeau, Björn Skifs, Gerry Rafferty, David Zucker, Kim Darby, and Orlan. After him are Ján Pivarník, Fernando Savater, Joe Walsh, Jennifer Warnes, Andrew Blake, and Frédéric Mitterrand. Among people deceased in 2022, Olavo de Carvalho ranks 218. Before him are Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, George Crumb, Joe E. Tata, Hilary Mantel, Phil Read, and Olga Szabó-Orbán. After him are Sven-Bertil Taube, Jüri Tarmak, Nino Cerruti, Zofia Posmysz, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, and Mustafa Dağıstanlı.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Olavo de Carvalho ranks 311 out of 2,236. Before him are Valdo Filho (1964), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Zilda Arns (1934), Luís Fabiano (1980), Dorival Caymmi (1914), and Renato Portaluppi (1962). After him are Gilberto Silva (1976), Casemiro (1992), Filipe Luís (1985), Bigode (1922), Marinho Chagas (1952), and Delfim Moreira (1868).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Brazil

Among philosophers born in Brazil, Olavo de Carvalho ranks 3. Before him are Paulo Freire (1921), and Michael Löwy (1938). After him are Roberto Mangabeira Unger (1947), and Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916).

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