1932 - 2018
Paul Verallo (French: [viʁiljo]; 16 April 1969 – was a French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher. He is best known for his writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power, with diverse references to architecture, the arts, the city and the military. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Virilio has received more than 377,674 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Paul Virilio is the 569th most popular philosopher (down from 523rd in 2019), the 1,792nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Paul Virilio ranks 569 out of 1,081. Before him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Henry Corbin, Anaxarchus, James Ussher, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and Eric Voegelin. After him are Zhang Daoling, Barlaam of Seminara, Yang Zhu, Thomas Reid, Hans Blumenberg, and Narayana Guru.
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 563
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 564
380 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 565
1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 566
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 567
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 568
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 569
34 - 156
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 570
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 571
369 BC - 318 BC
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 572
1710 - 1796
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 573
1920 - 1996
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 574
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 575
Among people born in 1932, Paul Virilio ranks 108. Before him are Dušan Makavejev, Tatsuya Nakadai, Horst Eckel, Nikolai Kardashev, Alan Bean, and Christy Brown. After him are Delphine Seyrig, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Dudley R. Herschbach, Amrish Puri, Charly Gaul, and Spyros Kyprianou. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Virilio ranks 86. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Alan Bean, Ermanno Olmi, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Keith O'Brien. After him are Nicole Fontaine, John Young, Josep Lluís Núñez, Lill-Babs, Aaron Klug, and Luisa Cuesta.
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 102
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 103
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 104
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 105
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 106
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 107
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 108
1932 - 1990
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 109
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 110
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 111
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 112
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 113
1932 - 2002
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 114
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 80
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 81
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 82
1922 - 2018
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 83
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 84
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 85
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 86
1942 - 2018
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 87
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 88
1931 - 2018
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 89
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 90
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 91
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 92
Among people born in France, Paul Virilio ranks 1,792 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Dujardin (1972), Marcel Aymé (1902), Guy Roux (1938), and Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734). After him are Fabien Barthez (1971), Félix Savart (1791), Alphonse Allais (1854), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Isabelle of France (1225), and Renée Simonot (1911).
1793 - 1871
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 1,786
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,787
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,788
1902 - 1967
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,789
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,790
1734 - 1806
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,791
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,792
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,793
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,794
1854 - 1905
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,795
1676 - 1749
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,796
1225 - 1270
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 1,797
1911 - 2021
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,798
Among philosophers born in France, Paul Virilio ranks 77. Before him are Guillaume Budé (1467), Berengar of Tours (998), Georges Canguilhem (1904), Jacques Ellul (1912), Étienne Balibar (1942), and Henry Corbin (1903). After him are Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Yves Bonnefoy (1923), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Pierre Charron (1541), and Gersonides (1288).
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 71
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 72
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