Top 20 Philosopher celebrities in France
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Philosopher celebrities [Updated March 27, 2023].
Frantz Fanon was born
on July 20, 1925
in France.
His first book was Black Skin, White Masks from 1952, which explored colonial subjugation of black people and its psychological effects.
Michel de Montaigne was born
on February 28, 1533
in Château de Montaigne, France.
Jean-Paul Sartre was born
on June 21, 1905
in Paris, France.
He declined the offer of a Noble Peace Prize, while his rival
Albert Camus did not. He believed that writers should not become institutions.
Gilles Deleuze was born
on January 18, 1925
in France.
Most popular for his works with Felix Guattari, Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus from 1972 and A Thousand Plateaus from 1980.
His magnum opus was Difference and Repetition from 1968.
Blaise Pascal was born
on June 19, 1623
in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
He helped Pierre de Fermat in developing the theory of probabilities. He invented the mechanical calculator.
Alain Badiou was born
on January 17, 1937
in France.
He was one of the principal founders of the L'Organisation Politique, a French watchdog organization that was known for intervening on a number of political issues, including labor, immigration, and housing.
Simone de Beauvoir was born
on January 9, 1908
in Paris, France.
She used to sit in on classes at École Normale Supérieure to study for the agregation exam for philosophy.
Thomas Merton was born
on January 31, 1915
in Prades, France.
He claimed it was crucial to humanity to accept and understand other people's religions.
Michel Foucault was born
on October 15, 1926
in France.
Simone Weil was born
on February 3, 1909
in Paris, France.
She fought for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War despite her anti-war stance.
Auguste Comte was born
on January 19, 1798
in Montpellier, France, France.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born
on May 1, 1881
in Orcines, France.
Jean Hyppolite was born
on January 8, 1907
in France.
He was elected to the Collège de France in 1963.
Jean-Francois Lyotard was born
on August 10, 1924
in France.
He taught at a host of different universities across the world, including Emory University, Collège International de Philosophie, University of Paris X, and Yale.
Jean Lerond d'Alembert was born
on November 16, 1717
in France.
His most known scholarly work, Traite de Dynamique, was published in 1743.
Jean Baudrillard was born
on July 27, 1929
in France.
He wrote about the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City in his essay The Spirit of Terrorism. He called the attacks the absolute event.
Jacques Lacan was born
on April 13, 1901
in France.
His works greatly influenced post-structuralist philosophers in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jacques Ellul was born
on January 6, 1912
in France.
He wrote The Technological Society and Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, both prominent among his many influential books.
Jacques Derrida was born
on July 15, 1930
in France.
He wrote over 40 books and his essays and public presentations numbered in the hundreds. He impacted the humanities, including anthropology, sociology, semiotics, jurisprudence, and literary theory.
Henri Lefebvre was born
on June 16, 1901
in France.
He wrote over 60 books and 300 articles and was known for his study of dialectics and alienation and his staunch criticism of Stalinism and structuralism.
