1920 - 1991
Vilém Flusser (May 12, 1920 – November 27, 1991) was a Czech-born Brazilian philosopher, writer and journalist. He lived for a long period in São Paulo (where he became a Brazilian citizen) and later in France, and his works are written in many different languages. His early work was marked by discussion of the thought of Martin Heidegger, and by the influence of existentialism and phenomenology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilém Flusser has received more than 236,287 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilém Flusser is the 534th most popular philosopher (down from 530th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 171st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Vilém Flusser ranks 534 out of 1,081. Before him are Chaïm Perelman, Crates of Mallus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marpa Lotsawa, Berengar of Tours, and Charles W. Morris. After him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Myson of Chenae, Myia, Jonathan Edwards, Conrad Celtes, and Eugen Fink.
1912 - 1984
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 528
200 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 529
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 530
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 531
998 - 1088
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 532
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 533
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 534
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 535
700 BC - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 536
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 537
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 538
1459 - 1508
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 539
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 540
Among people born in 1920, Vilém Flusser ranks 88. Before him are Ovadia Yosef, Victor Turner, Henri Verneuil, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Henry Heimlich, and Karl Albrecht. After him are Chiara Lubich, Edmond H. Fischer, Mehdi Ben Barka, Marcial Maciel, Gottfried Böhm, and P. D. James. Among people deceased in 1991, Vilém Flusser ranks 62. Before him are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Alfonso García Robles, Aladár Gerevich, Sergey Akhromeyev, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and Boris Pugo. After him are William Heinesen, Shapour Bakhtiar, Willi Boskovsky, Jean Arthur, Christian de Castries, and Joachim Kroll.
1920 - 2013
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 82
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 83
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 84
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 85
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 86
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 87
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 88
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 90
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 91
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 92
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 93
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 94
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 56
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 58
1923 - 1991
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 59
1914 - 1991
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 60
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 61
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 62
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 63
1914 - 1991
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 64
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 65
1900 - 1991
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 66
1902 - 1991
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 67
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 68
Among people born in Czechia, Vilém Flusser ranks 178 out of 973. Before him are Julius von Payer (1841), Zdeněk Fibich (1850), Jerzy Buzek (1940), Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (1335), Victor Adler (1852), and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830). After him are Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Tomáš Baťa (1876), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849).
1841 - 1915
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 172
1850 - 1900
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 173
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 174
1335 - 1349
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 175
1852 - 1918
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 176
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 177
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 178
1662 - 1712
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 179
1876 - 1932
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 180
1739 - 1813
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 181
1800 - 1852
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 182
1342 - 1395
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 183
1849 - 1919
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 184
Among philosophers born in Czechia, Vilém Flusser ranks 7. Before him are John Amos Comenius (1592), Edmund Husserl (1859), Hans Kelsen (1881), Karl Kautsky (1854), Bernard Bolzano (1781), and Jerome of Prague (1379). After him are Jan Patočka (1907), Karel Kosík (1926), František Tomášek (1899), Tomáš Halík (1948), Egon Bondy (1930), and Ladislav Klíma (1878).
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 1
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 2
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 3
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 4
1781 - 1848
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 5
1379 - 1416
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 6
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 7
1907 - 1977
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 8
1926 - 2003
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9
1899 - 1992
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 11
1930 - 2007
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 12
1878 - 1928
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 13