1921 - 1997
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (1921–1997) 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 1,338,780 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Paulo Freire is the 215th most popular philosopher (up from 218th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 21st 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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Among philosophers, Paulo Freire ranks 215 out of 1,089. Before him are Pelagius, Muhammad Abduh, Melissus of Samos, Gabriel Marcel, Miguel de Unamuno, and Swami Vivekananda. After him are Bernard Bolzano, Hasan al-Basri, Hippias, Imre Lakatos, Gaston Bachelard, and Diotima of Mantinea.
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 209
1849 - 1905
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 210
470 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 211
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 212
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 213
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 214
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 215
1781 - 1848
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 216
642 - 728
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 217
443 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 218
1922 - 1974
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 219
1884 - 1962
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 220
450 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1921, Paulo Freire ranks 22. Before him are Hua Guofeng, Sophie Scholl, Simone Signoret, Giulietta Masina, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and Gunnar Nordahl. After him are Nancy Reagan, Deborah Kerr, Patricia Highsmith, John Glenn, Gianni Agnelli, and Kenneth Arrow. Among people deceased in 1997, Paulo Freire ranks 16. Before him are Victor Vasarely, Mobutu Sese Seko, Roy Lichtenstein, Anton LaVey, Hans Eysenck, and Sviatoslav Richter. After him are The Notorious B.I.G., William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bảo Đại, Bohumil Hrabal, and Isaiah Berlin.
1921 - 2008
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 16
1921 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 17
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 18
1921 - 1994
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 19
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 20
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 21
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 22
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 23
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 24
1921 - 1995
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 25
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 26
1921 - 2003
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 27
1921 - 2017
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 28
1906 - 1997
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 10
1930 - 1997
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 11
1923 - 1997
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 12
1930 - 1997
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 13
1916 - 1997
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 14
1915 - 1997
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 15
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 16
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 17
1914 - 1997
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 18
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 19
1913 - 1997
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 20
1914 - 1997
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 21
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 22
Among people born in Brazil, Paulo Freire ranks 20 out of 1,947. Before him are Mário Zagallo (1931), Sócrates (1954), Ronaldo (1976), Vavá (1934), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), and Rivellino (1946). After him are João Havelange (1916), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), and Getúlio Vargas (1882).
1931 - Present
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 14
1954 - 2011
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 16
1934 - 2002
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 17
1927 - 1994
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 18
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 19
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 20
1916 - 2016
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 22
1944 - 2016
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 24
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 25
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 26
Among philosophers born in Brazil, Paulo Freire ranks 1. After him are Cláudio Hummes (1934) and Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916).
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 1
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 2
1916 - 1963
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 3