1913 - 2005
Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur (; French: [ʁikœʁ]; 27 February 1913 – 20 May 2005) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Ricœur has received more than 643,552 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Paul Ricœur is the 167th most popular philosopher (down from 166th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from France (down from 339th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Philosopher.
Paul Ricœur is most famous for his work on hermeneutics, which is the study of interpretation.
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Among philosophers, Paul Ricœur ranks 167 out of 1,081. Before him are Padmasambhava, Cesare Beccaria, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Marshall McLuhan. After him are Chrysippus, Porphyry, Max Scheler, Jean Buridan, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Karl Kautsky.
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 161
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 162
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 163
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 164
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 165
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 166
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 167
281 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 168
233 - 305
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 169
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 170
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 171
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 172
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 173
Among people born in 1913, Paul Ricœur ranks 15. Before him are Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Jesse Owens, Burt Lancaster, Claude Simon, and Klaus Barbie. After him are Ramón Mercader, Gustáv Husák, Benjamin Britten, Sabiha Gökçen, Makarios III, and Lon Nol. Among people deceased in 2005, Paul Ricœur ranks 9. Before him are Rosa Parks, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Peter Drucker, George Best, Claude Simon, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Simon Wiesenthal, Arthur Miller, Rinus Michels, Pat Morita, Zhao Ziyang, and Saul Bellow.
1913 - 1954
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 9
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 10
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 11
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 12
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 13
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 15
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 16
1913 - 1991
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 17
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 18
1913 - 2001
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 19
1913 - 1977
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 20
1913 - 1985
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1923 - 2005
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 4
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 5
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 6
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 7
1921 - 2005
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 8
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 9
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 10
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 11
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 12
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 13
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 14
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Paul Ricœur ranks 350 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Arp (1886), Gustave Moreau (1826), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), and Roger Martin du Gard (1881). After him are James I of Aragon (1208), Jean Buridan (1295), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Alfred Binet (1857), Constantine II (316), and Jeanne Moreau (1928).
1886 - 1966
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 344
1826 - 1898
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 345
1528 - 1572
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 346
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 347
1492 - 1549
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 348
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 349
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 350
1208 - 1276
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 351
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 352
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 353
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 354
316 - 340
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 355
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 356
Among philosophers born in France, Paul Ricœur ranks 17. Before him are Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Charles Fourier (1772), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Simone Weil (1909), Jean Baudrillard (1929), and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908). After him are Jean Buridan (1295), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Ernest Renan (1823), and Pierre Bayle (1647).
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 11
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 12
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 13
1909 - 1943
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 14
1929 - 2007
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 15
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 16
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 17
1295 - 1361
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 18
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 19
1592 - 1655
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 20
1715 - 1771
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 21
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 22
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 23