PHILOSOPHER

Georges Politzer

1903 - 1942

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Georges Politzer (French: [pɔlitsɛʁ]; born Politzer György, Hungarian: [ˈpolitsɛr ˈɟørɟ]; 3 May 1903 – 23 May 1942) was a Hungarian-born French philosopher and Marxist theoretician of Hungarian Jewish origin, affectionately referred to by some as the "red-headed philosopher" (philosophe roux). He was a native of Oradea, a city in present-day Romania (then Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary). He was murdered in Fort Mont-Valérien in Suresnes in the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Politzer is the 719th most popular philosopher (down from 687th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Romania (down from 128th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Georges Politzer ranks 719 out of 1,267. Before him are Onesicritus, Svetozar Marković, Edvard Westermarck, Numenius of Apamea, Gaius Marius Victorinus, and Cheng Yi. After him are Sarah Kofman, Arnold Geulincx, Eduard Zeller, Émile Boutroux, Li Zhi, and Alvin Plantinga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Georges Politzer ranks 106. Before him are Benjamin Spock, Mary Norton, Watchman Nee, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Adelbert Schulz, and Anny Ondra. After him are Luigi Allemandi, Ma Bufang, Michail Stasinopoulos, Gregor Piatigorsky, Karl Fritzsch, and Marshall Harvey Stone. Among people deceased in 1942, Georges Politzer ranks 83. Before him are Erwin Schulhoff, Leonid Kulik, Julio González, Henk Sneevliet, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Alexander Belyaev. After him are Alois Eliáš, Walther von Lüttwitz, Titus Brandsma, Lidia Zamenhof, Valdemar Poulsen, and Vera Figner.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Georges Politzer ranks 144 out of 844. Before him are Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Dora d'Istria (1828), Rezső Kasztner (1906), Mihai Antonescu (1904), Péter Pázmány (1570), and István Bethlen (1874). After him are Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Adrian Năstase (1950), Vasile Milea (1927), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Michael II Apafi (1676), and Nicolae Kovács (1911).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Georges Politzer ranks 3. Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), and Péter Pázmány (1570). After him are Lucien Goldmann (1913), Vazgen I (1908), Lucian Blaga (1895), and Ferenc Dávid (1510).

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