1923 - 2015
René Noël Théophile Girard (; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French polymath, historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. 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 1,556,874 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). René Girard is the 354th most popular philosopher (up from 374th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,067th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Philosopher.
René Girard is most famous for his theory of mimetic desire. This theory states that all human desires are imitations of desires that we see in others.
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Among philosophers, René Girard ranks 354 out of 1,081. Before him are Daniel Dennett, Judith Butler, J. L. Austin, Pompeia Plotina, Wilhelm Windelband, and Euclid of Megara. After him are Nachmanides, Uriel da Costa, Macrobius, Alexandre Kojève, Mulla Sadra, and Ronald Dworkin.
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 348
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 349
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 350
65 - 121
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 351
1848 - 1915
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 352
435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 353
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 354
1194 - 1270
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 355
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 356
370 - 430
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 357
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 358
1571 - 1636
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 359
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 360
Among people born in 1923, René Girard ranks 35. Before him are Lee Teng-hui, Markus Wolf, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, and Frederick Herzberg. After him are Mauno Koivisto, Diane Arbus, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Morris, Alice Miller, and Cliff Robertson. Among people deceased in 2015, René Girard ranks 48. Before him are Benedict Anderson, Zito, Alcides Ghiggia, Faten Hamama, Pierre Brice, and James Horner. After him are Michele Ferrero, Fatema Mernissi, Ben E. King, Frei Otto, Marshall Rosenberg, and Francesco Rosi.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 29
1923 - 2006
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 30
1923 - 2001
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 31
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 32
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 33
1923 - 2000
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 34
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 35
1923 - 2017
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 36
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 37
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 38
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 39
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 40
1923 - 2011
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 41
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 42
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 44
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 45
1929 - 2015
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 46
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 47
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48
1925 - 2015
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 49
1940 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 50
1938 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 51
1925 - 2015
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 52
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 53
1922 - 2015
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 54
Among people born in France, René Girard ranks 1,002 out of 6,011. Before him are Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), Annie Ernaux (1940), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Jean Rochefort (1930), Claude Cahun (1894), and Robert I, Count of Artois (1216). After him are Antoine Galland (1646), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Lucien Laurent (1907), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), and Claude of France (1547).
1817 - 1907
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 996
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 997
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 998
1930 - 2017
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 999
1894 - 1954
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1,000
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 1,001
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,002
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,003
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,004
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,005
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,006
1451 - 1508
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,007
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,008
Among philosophers born in France, René Girard ranks 48. Before him are Sebastian Brant (1458), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Bruno Latour (1947), Antoine Arnauld (1612), and Edgar Morin (1921). After him are Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Jean Gerson (1363), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), and Étienne Cabet (1788).
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 42
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 43
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 44
1947 - 2022
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 45
1612 - 1694
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 46
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 47
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48
1460 - 1537
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 49
1363 - 1429
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 50
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 51
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 52
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 53
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 54