The Most Famous
SOCIOLOGISTS from Australia
This page contains a list of the greatest Australian Sociologists. The pantheon dataset contains 79 Sociologists, 1 of which were born in Australia. This makes Australia the birth place of the 18th most number of Sociologists behind Norway, and Denmark.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australian Sociologists of all time. This list of famous Australian Sociologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Raewyn Connell (b. 1944)
With an HPI of 50.62, Raewyn Connell is the most famous Australian Sociologist. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Raewyn Connell (born 3 January 1944), usually cited as R. W. Connell, is an Australian sociologist and Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, mainly known for co-founding the field of masculinity studies and coining the concept of hegemonic masculinity, as well as for her work on Southern theory.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Australian sociologists born between 1944 and 1944. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Australian sociologists include Raewyn Connell.
