With 29 biographies, Political Scientists are the 89th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Youtubers, Fashion Designers, and Occultists.
Pantheon has 31 people classified as political scientists born between 1530 and 1962. Of these 31, 13 (41.94%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living political scientists include Francis Fukuyama, Joseph Nye, and Aleksandr Dugin. The most famous deceased political scientists include Samuel P. Huntington, Étienne de La Boétie, and Harold Lasswell. As of April 2022, 3 new political scientists have been added to Pantheon including James Flynn, Cass Sunstein, and Charles Murray.
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.59
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.32
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.84
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.47
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.49
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.45
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.73
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
1869 - 1938
HPI: 63.87
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
1930 - 2024
HPI: 62.08
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
1934 - 2020
HPI: 39.96
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.45
1943 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Most political scientists were born in United States (15), Germany (4), and France (3). By city, the most common birth places were Chicago (2), Brooklyn (2), and New York City (1).The most common death places of political scientists were United States (6), France (3), and Germany (3). By city, these were New York City (2), Heidelberg (2), and Martha's Vineyard (1).
The earliest biographies classified as political scientists in Pantheon are William Graham Sumner, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, and Étienne de La Boétie. The concentration of political scientists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier political scientists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Which Political Scientists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 16 most globally memorable Political Scientists since 1700.
Political Scientists are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Mathematicians, Physicists, Astronomers, and Chemists.