1905 - 1940
Paul-Yves Nizan (French: [nizɑ̃]; 7 February 1905 – 23 May 1940) was a French philosopher and writer. He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire and studied in Paris where he befriended fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre at the Lycée Henri IV. He became a member of the French Communist Party, and much of his writing reflects his political beliefs, although he resigned from the party soon after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939. He died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against the German army in World War II. His works include the novels Antoine Bloye (1933), Le Cheval de Troie [The Trojan Horse] and La Conspiration [The Conspiracy] (1938), as well as the essays "Les Chiens de garde" ["The Watchdogs"] (1932) and "Aden Arabie" (1931), which introduced him to a new audience when it was republished in 1960 with a foreword by Sartre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Nizan has received more than 98,899 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Paul Nizan is the 595th most popular philosopher (up from 641st in 2019), the 1,871st most popular biography from France (up from 2,038th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Paul Nizan ranks 595 out of 1,081. Before him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Alexander of Hales, Kanada, Constantin von Tischendorf, Silvia Federici, and Maurice Blondel. After him are Johannes Sturm, Pietro d'Abano, Roman Ingarden, Nicola Abbagnano, Thiruvalluvar, and Johann Christoph Gottsched.
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 589
1175 - 1245
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 590
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 591
1815 - 1874
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 592
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 593
1861 - 1949
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 594
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 595
1507 - 1589
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 596
1250 - 1315
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 597
1893 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 598
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 599
350 - 351
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 600
1700 - 1766
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 601
Among people born in 1905, Paul Nizan ranks 84. Before him are Jigme Wangchuck, Angelo Schiavio, Takeo Fukuda, Pedro Petrone, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Ludwig Fischer. After him are Guy Mollet, Pierre Gemayel, Federica Montseny, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Giacinto Scelsi, and Chen Yun. Among people deceased in 1940, Paul Nizan ranks 52. Before him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, Jesse Livermore, Lewis Hine, and Joseph Meister. After him are Anton Korošec, Arthur Zimmermann, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Alfred Loisy, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval.
1905 - 1952
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 78
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 79
1905 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 80
1905 - 1964
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 81
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 82
1905 - 1947
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 83
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 84
1905 - 1975
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 85
1905 - 1984
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 86
1905 - 1994
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 87
1905 - 1977
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 88
1905 - 1988
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 89
1905 - 1995
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 90
1906 - 1940
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 46
1888 - 1940
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 47
1858 - 1940
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 48
1877 - 1940
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 49
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 50
1876 - 1940
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 51
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 52
1872 - 1940
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 53
1864 - 1940
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 54
1853 - 1940
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 55
1857 - 1940
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 56
1878 - 1940
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 57
1851 - 1940
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 58
Among people born in France, Paul Nizan ranks 1,871 out of 6,011. Before him are Adrien Manglard (1695), Jean Chalgrin (1739), Avitus of Vienne (450), Charles-François Lebrun (1739), Maurice Blondel (1861), and Guillaume Cale (1350). After him are Guy Mollet (1905), Yves Rocher (1930), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Félix Gouin (1884), Philip of Milly (1120), and Youri Djorkaeff (1968).
1695 - 1760
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,865
1739 - 1811
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,866
450 - 518
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,867
1739 - 1824
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,868
1861 - 1949
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,869
1350 - 1358
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,870
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,871
1905 - 1975
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1,872
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,873
1943 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 1,874
1884 - 1977
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,875
1120 - 1171
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,876
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,877
Among philosophers born in France, Paul Nizan ranks 79. Before him are Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Étienne Balibar (1942), Henry Corbin (1903), Paul Virilio (1932), and Maurice Blondel (1861). After him are Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Pierre Charron (1541), Gersonides (1288), Pierre Hadot (1922), and Louis Couturat (1868).
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 73
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 74
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 75
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 76
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 77
1861 - 1949
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 78
1905 - 1940
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 79
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 80
1907 - 1968
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 81
1541 - 1603
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 82
1288 - 1344
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 83
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 84
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 85