PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Charron

1541 - 1603

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Pierre Charron (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁɔ̃]; 1541 – 16 November 1603, Paris), French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Charron has received more than 62,809 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Pierre Charron is the 641st most popular philosopher (down from 630th in 2019), the 2,013th most popular biography from France (up from 2,017th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Charron ranks 641 out of 1,267. Before him are Nausiphanes, Jean Améry, Nicola Abbagnano, Eugen Fink, Ari Thorgilsson, and Maximus Planudes. After him are Barlaam of Seminara, Gaius Marius Victorinus, Friedrich Albert Lange, Bharadwaja, Jonathan Edwards, and Mary Parker Follett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1541, Pierre Charron ranks 5. Before him are El Greco, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ayşe Sultan, and Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi. After him are Johann Bauhin, Hypatius Pociej, John Leonardi, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, and Jakub Wujek. Among people deceased in 1603, Pierre Charron ranks 11. Before him are Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, Şehzade Mahmud, Andrea Cesalpino, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, and Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Irina Godunova, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Ostilio Ricci, Maerten de Vos, and Gulbadan Begum.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 2,013 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Théodore Dubois (1837), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Édouard Séguin (1812), Robert Surcouf (1773), and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649). After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Blandina (101), Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578), and Bertrand Barère (1755).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Charron ranks 83. Before him are Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Berengar of Tours (998), and Yves Bonnefoy (1923). After him are Louis Lavelle (1883), Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Wahl (1888), Pierre Hadot (1922), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), and Amalric of Bena (1150).

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