Simone de Beauvoir

Born in Paris, France on January 9, 1908 — died April 14, 1986 (aged 78)

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory