René Girard

René Noël Théophile Girard was a French polymath, historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.

25 December 1923

Born on the same birth date (25 December 1923): Louis Lane

Born on the same birth day (25 December): Adolf Windaus • Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha • Gary McAllister • Ismail Merchant • Jeanne Hopkins Lucas • Leo Kubiak • Lincoln Verduga Loor • Mansoor Akhtar • Sydney, Lady Morgan

Born in the same month (December 1923): Bruno Bobak • Cheikh Anta Diop • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou • Ernst Florian Winter • George Patton IV • Harold Gould • Larry Doby • Maria Callas • Pierre Cossette • Stansfield Turner