PHILOSOPHER

Paulo Freire

1921 - 1997

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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo Freire has received more than 2,310,352 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Freire is the 204th most popular philosopher (down from 198th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Philosopher.

Paulo Freire is most famous for his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In this book, he argues that the oppressed are not only victims of the oppressors but also agents of their own liberation.

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paulo Freire ranks 204 out of 1,267. Before him are Muhammad Abduh, Adam Weishaupt, John Scotus Eriugena, Hasan al-Basri, Marshall McLuhan, and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. After him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jean-François Lyotard, Bias of Priene, Georgi Plekhanov, Julia Kristeva, and Gabriel Marcel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paulo Freire ranks 22. Before him are Sophie Scholl, Hua Guofeng, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joseph Beuys, Peter Ustinov, and Gunnar Nordahl. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Nancy Reagan, Yitzhak Navon, Satyajit Ray, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Vasily Smyslov. Among people deceased in 1997, Paulo Freire ranks 13. Before him are Jeanne Calment, Mobutu Sese Seko, Toshiro Mifune, Victor Vasarely, Gianni Versace, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. After him are Melvin Calvin, The Notorious B.I.G., Roy Lichtenstein, Bohumil Hrabal, Chaim Herzog, and Sviatoslav Richter.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Paulo Freire ranks 27 out of 2,236. Before him are Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Djalma Santos (1929), and Emerson Fittipaldi (1946). After him are Romário (1966), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Roberto Carlos (1973), and Nelson Piquet (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Brazil

Among philosophers born in Brazil, Paulo Freire ranks 1. After him are Michael Löwy (1938), Olavo de Carvalho (1947), Roberto Mangabeira Unger (1947), and Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916).

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