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Jean-François Revel

1924 - 2006

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Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 1924 – 30 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free market economics. He was a member of the Académie française after June 1998. He is best known for his book Without Marx or Jesus: The New American Revolution Has Begun, published in French in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-François Revel is the 3,411th most popular writer (down from 2,916th in 2019), the 3,499th most popular biography from France (down from 3,089th in 2019) and the 440th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-François Revel ranks 3,411 out of 7,302. Before him are C. S. Forester, Alessandro Tassoni, Corrado Alvaro, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Ephraim Chambers, and Hiromi Kawakami. After him are Johann Most, Lillian Hellman, Pierre Jean Jouve, Hélène Berr, Tristan Bernard, and Karl Ove Knausgård.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jean-François Revel ranks 232. Before him are Viktor Astafyev, Ken Armstrong, Isadore Singer, Eduardo Paolozzi, Juan Carlos González, and Max Roach. After him are Budge Patty, John Hansen, Klaus Huber, Luděk Pachman, Erik Balling, and György Lázár. Among people deceased in 2006, Jean-François Revel ranks 178. Before him are Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Daniel Schmid, Bismillah Khan, Peter Benchley, Suzanne Morrow Francis, and Arthur Hill. After him are Tetsurō Tamba, Henri Colpi, Paul Hunter, Jean-Louis de Rambures, Vilgot Sjöman, and Paul Gleason.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François Revel ranks 3,499 out of 6,770. Before him are William of Jumièges (1000), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), Georges Urbain (1872), Claude Abbes (1927), Claude Miller (1942), and François Hennebique (1842). After him are Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans (1646), Hugues Aufray (1929), Raël (1946), François-Auguste Biard (1799), and Nicolas Trigault (1577).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean-François Revel ranks 440. Before him are Jean Effel (1908), Daniel Guérin (1904), Françoise d'Eaubonne (1920), Thomas of Britain (1200), William of Jumièges (1000), and Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613). After him are Pierre Jean Jouve (1887), Hélène Berr (1921), Tristan Bernard (1866), Alexis Piron (1689), Anna Gavalda (1970), and Johann Fischart (1546).

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