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Régis Debray

1940 - Today

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Jules Régis Debray (French: [dəbʁɛ]; born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in human society, and for associating with Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 and advancing Salvador Allende's presidency in Chile in the early 1970s. He returned to France in 1973 and later held various official posts in the French government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Régis Debray is the 1,504th most popular writer (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 1,734th most popular biography from France (down from 1,673rd in 2019) and the 215th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Régis Debray ranks 1,504 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gustav Landauer, Gampopa, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Mario Benedetti, and Olaus Petri. After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, William Heinesen, and Thornton Wilder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Régis Debray ranks 125. Before him are Peter Diamond, Gojko Mitić, Robin Cook, Souleymane Cissé, Walter Alvarez, and Rudi Dutschke. After him are Fabrizio De André, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Amjad Khan, Ricky Nelson, Agostino Vallini, and Vladimir Cosma.

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In France

Among people born in France, Régis Debray ranks 1,734 out of 6,770. Before him are Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438), Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), Henri Farman (1874), Henri de Lubac (1896), Charles-André van Loo (1705), and Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (1517). After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Jacques Laffite (1943), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Régis Debray ranks 215. Before him are Marie de Gournay (1565), Léon Werth (1878), Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Joseph Bédier (1864), Anna de Noailles (1876), and François de Malherbe (1555). After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Xavier de Maistre (1763), Alphonse Allais (1854), and Henri de Régnier (1864).

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