PHILOSOPHER

Jean Guitton

1901 - 1999

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Jean Guitton (August 18, 1901 – March 21, 1999) was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Guitton is the 855th most popular philosopher, the 2,981st most popular biography from France (down from 2,956th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Guitton ranks 855 out of 1,267Before him are Peter John Olivi, Hans Albert, Cheng Hao, François Bernier, Émile Boirac, and Francesco Filelfo. After him are Yuriy Drohobych, Ervin László, John Major, Metrodorus of Chios, Denis Pétau, and Claude Lefort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jean Guitton ranks 138Before him are Lee Hoi-chuen, Ed Begley, Mikhail Romm, Claude Autant-Lara, Joe Davis, and Salchak Toka. After him are Mario Scelba, Umberto Caligaris, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Ismail al-Azhari, Spyridon Marinatos, and Mária Mednyánszky. Among people deceased in 1999, Jean Guitton ranks 104Before him are David Ogilvy, Karen Demirchyan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Reiner Klimke, Aldo van Eyck, and Morris West. After him are Ernest Gold, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Oscar Cullmann, Fritz Fischer, Karekin I, and Carlos Romero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Guitton ranks 2,981 out of 6,770Before him are Gustave Kahn (1859), Walter Gieseking (1895), Jacques Georges (1916), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Sulpitius the Pious (576). After him are Marguerite Laugier (1896), Bernard Plantapilosa (841), Charles Mangin (1866), François Coty (1874), Jean Jouvenet (1644), and André-Louis Danjon (1890).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Guitton ranks 104Before him are Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903), Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), Michael Baius (1513), Favorinus (85), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), and Peter John Olivi (1248). After him are Denis Pétau (1583), Claude Lefort (1924), William of Conches (1080), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Louis Lavelle (1883), and Beatus Rhenanus (1485).