The Most Famous
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS from China
This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Political Scientists. The pantheon dataset contains 46 Political Scientists, 1 of which were born in China. This makes China the birth place of the 5th most number of Political Scientists behind France, and Norway.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Political Scientists of all time. This list of famous Chinese Political Scientists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Benedict Anderson (1936 - 2015)
With an HPI of 62.39, Benedict Anderson is the most famous Chinese Political Scientist. His biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, which explored the origins of nationalism. A polyglot with an interest in Southeast Asia, he was the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University. His work on the "Cornell Paper", which disputed the official story of Indonesia's 30 September Movement and the subsequent anti-Communist purges of 1965–1966, led to his expulsion from that country. He was the elder brother of the historian Perry Anderson.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Chinese political scientists born between 1936 and 1936. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Chinese political scientists include Benedict Anderson.
