POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Arend Lijphart

1936 - Today

Arend Lijphart

Arend d'Angremond Lijphart (born 17 August 1936) is a Dutch-American political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics. He is Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arend Lijphart has received more than 170,795 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arend Lijphart is the 21st most popular political scientist (down from 19th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 294th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Political Scientist.

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170k
Page Views (PV)
54.69
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
7.85
Effective Languages (L*)
1.91
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arend Lijpharts by language

Over the past year Arend Lijphart has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 16,692 views, followed by Japanese (3,381), and German (2,856). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (48.53%), Uzbek (44.00%), and Armenian (34.66%)

Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Arend Lijphart ranks 21 out of 46. Before him are Robert A. Dahl, Joseph Nye, John Mearsheimer, Muhammad Asad, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, and Ilan Pappé. After him are Norman Finkelstein, Robert D. Putnam, William Graham Sumner, Hayranidil Kadın, Carl Joachim Friedrich, and Karl Deutsch.

Most Popular Political Scientists in Wikipedia

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Robert A. Dahl
1915 - 2014
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 15
Joseph Nye
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 16
John Mearsheimer
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 17
Muhammad Asad
1900 - 1992
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 18
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut
1772 - 1840
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 19
Ilan Pappé
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 20
Arend Lijphart
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 21
Norman Finkelstein
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 22
Robert D. Putnam
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 23
William Graham Sumner
1840 - 1910
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 24
Hayranidil Kadın
1846 - 1895
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 25
Carl Joachim Friedrich
1901 - 1984
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 26
Karl Deutsch
1912 - 1992
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 27

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Arend Lijphart ranks 179. Before him are Masashi Watanabe, Savitri, Dan Inosanto, Louis Gossett Jr., Antonio López García, and Jozef Vengloš. After him are Norma Aleandro, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Santos Abril y Castelló, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vyacheslav Kebich, and Michel Jazy.

Others Born in 1936

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Masashi Watanabe
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 1995
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 173
Savitri
ACTOR
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 174
Dan Inosanto
CELEBRITY
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 175
Louis Gossett Jr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2024
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 176
Antonio López García
PAINTER
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 177
Jozef Vengloš
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 178
Arend Lijphart
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 179
Norma Aleandro
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 180
Volodymyr Holubnychy
ATHLETE
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 181
Santos Abril y Castelló
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 182
Lee "Scratch" Perry
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 183
Vyacheslav Kebich
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 184
Michel Jazy
ATHLETE
1936 - 2024
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 185