1929 - 2005
Andre Gunder Frank (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andre Gunder Frank has received more than 346,126 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Andre Gunder Frank is the 43rd most popular sociologist (down from 38th in 2019), the 2,588th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,167th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Sociologist.
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Among sociologists, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 43 out of 54. Before him are Charles Tilly, David Riesman, Mark Granovetter, Juan José Linz, Howard S. Becker, and Shmuel Eisenstadt. After him are Seymour Martin Lipset, Marcel Granet, Basil Bernstein, Nils Christie, James Samuel Coleman, and Gøsta Esping-Andersen.
1929 - 2008
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 37
1909 - 2002
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 38
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 39
1926 - 2013
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 40
1928 - 2023
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 41
1923 - 2010
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 42
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 43
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 44
1884 - 1940
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 45
1924 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 46
1928 - 2015
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 47
1926 - 1995
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 48
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1929, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 178. Before him are Camilo Torres Restrepo, Hal Ashby, Arnold Palmer, Gaston Glock, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and James Hong. After him are Rafael Eitan, Nargis, Peter Yates, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Benny Golson, and Gastone Moschin. Among people deceased in 2005, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 104. Before him are Henry Taube, Teresa Wright, Vasco Gonçalves, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Kocheril R. Narayanan, and John Mills. After him are George P. Cosmatos, Ghena Dimitrova, Maurice Hilleman, Sangoulé Lamizana, Polina Astakhova, and Eddie Albert.
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 172
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 173
1929 - 2016
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 174
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 175
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 176
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 177
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 178
1929 - 2004
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 179
1929 - 1981
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 180
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 181
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 182
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 183
1929 - 2017
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 184
1915 - 2005
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 98
1918 - 2005
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 99
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 100
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 101
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 102
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 103
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 104
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 105
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 106
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 107
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 108
1936 - 2005
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 109
1906 - 2005
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 110
Among people born in Germany, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 2,588 out of 6,142. Before him are Bertha Krupp (1886), John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627), August Heissmeyer (1897), Anni Albers (1899), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), and Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1863). After him are Walther Gerlach (1889), Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Ewald Hering (1834), Prince William of Baden (1829), and Martin Schwarzschild (1912).
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,582
1627 - 1693
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,583
1897 - 1979
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,584
1899 - 1994
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,585
1888 - 1944
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,586
1863 - 1933
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,587
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,588
1889 - 1979
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 2,589
1843 - 1865
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 2,590
1907 - 1995
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,591
1834 - 1918
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,592
1829 - 1897
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,593
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,594
Among sociologists born in Germany, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 8. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Amitai Etzioni (1929), and Juan José Linz (1926). After him are Lewis A. Coser (1913) and Claus Offe (1940).
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 2
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 3
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 4
1876 - 1936
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 5
1929 - 2023
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 6
1926 - 2013
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 7
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8
1913 - 2003
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 9
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 10