1923 - 2015
René Noël Théophile Girard (; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Girard has received more than 884,479 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). René Girard is the 374th most popular philosopher (down from 346th in 2019), the 1,070th most popular biography from France (down from 914th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, René Girard ranks 374 out of 1,089. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius, Rudolf Otto, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Pompeia Plotina, and Jean Gerson. After him are Paul Tillich, Gershom Scholem, Ramanuja, Mulla Sadra, Yuri Lotman, and Alexandre Kojève.
1400 - 1473
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 368
1869 - 1937
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 369
1821 - 1881
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 370
1149 - 1209
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 371
65 - 121
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 372
1363 - 1429
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 373
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 374
1886 - 1965
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 375
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 376
1017 - 1137
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 377
1571 - 1636
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 378
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 379
1902 - 1968
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 380
Among people born in 1923, René Girard ranks 41. Before him are Philip Warren Anderson, Morris, Horst Tappert, Bert Trautmann, Linda Christian, and Erland Josephson. After him are Jorge Semprún, Val Logsdon Fitch, Mauno Koivisto, Frederick Herzberg, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Edgar F. Codd. Among people deceased in 2015, René Girard ranks 51. Before him are Maureen O'Hara, Yoichiro Nambu, Yitzhak Navon, Ben E. King, James Horner, and Michele Ferrero. After him are Val Logsdon Fitch, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Khaled al-Asaad, Cynthia Lennon, Yevgeny Primakov, and Francesco Rosi.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35
1923 - 2001
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 36
1923 - 2008
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 37
1923 - 2013
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 38
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 39
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 40
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 41
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 42
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 43
1923 - 2017
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 44
1923 - 2000
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 45
1923 - 1941
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 46
1923 - 2003
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 47
1920 - 2015
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 45
1921 - 2015
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 46
1921 - 2015
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 47
1938 - 2015
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 48
1953 - 2015
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 49
1925 - 2015
HPI: 70.56
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1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
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1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.42
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1939 - 2015
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 53
1932 - 2015
HPI: 70.36
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1939 - 2015
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 55
1929 - 2015
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 56
1922 - 2015
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 57
Among people born in France, René Girard ranks 1,070 out of 5,234. Before him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), François Achille Bazaine (1811), Élisée Reclus (1830), Pierre Mignard (1612), Jean Dausset (1916), and Jean-Andoche Junot (1771). After him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Abel Gance (1889), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Alice Prin (1901), and Robert-François Damiens (1715).
1889 - 1952
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1,064
1811 - 1888
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1,065
1830 - 1905
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 1,066
1612 - 1695
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 1,067
1916 - 2009
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 1,068
1771 - 1813
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,069
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,070
1774 - 1838
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,071
1889 - 1981
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,072
1818 - 1889
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 1,073
1817 - 1907
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 1,074
1901 - 1953
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,075
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,076
Among philosophers born in France, René Girard ranks 50. Before him are Bruno Latour (1947), Edgar Morin (1921), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), and Jean Gerson (1363). After him are Richard Avenarius (1843), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Étienne Gilson (1884), Michel de Certeau (1925), and Étienne Cabet (1788).
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 44
1921 - Present
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 45
1612 - 1694
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 46
1782 - 1854
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 47
1877 - 1945
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 48
1363 - 1429
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 49
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 50
1843 - 1896
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 51
1460 - 1537
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 52
1350 - 1420
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 53
1884 - 1978
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 54
1925 - 1986
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 55
1788 - 1856
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 56