1936 - 2015
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was a Chinese-born 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 Emeritus of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict Anderson has received more than 521,260 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Benedict Anderson is the 8th most popular political scientist (down from 7th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from China (down from 185th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Political Scientist.
Benedict Anderson is most famous for his book "Imagined Communities," which discusses the significance of nationalism in the modern world.
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Among political scientists, Benedict Anderson ranks 8 out of 29. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Étienne de La Boétie, Harold Lasswell, Hans Morgenthau, Francis Fukuyama, and Ralf Dahrendorf. After him are Georg Jellinek, Robert A. Dahl, Christian Lous Lange, Johan Galtung, Maurice Duverger, and Gene Sharp.
1927 - 2008
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 2
1530 - 1563
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 3
1902 - 1978
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 4
1904 - 1980
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 6
1929 - 2009
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 7
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 8
1851 - 1911
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 9
1915 - 2014
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1869 - 1938
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 11
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 12
1917 - 2014
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 13
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1936, Benedict Anderson ranks 40. Before him are Zubin Mehta, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Margaret Hamilton, Virna Lisi, and Tariq Aziz. After him are Steve Reich, Don Cherry, Choummaly Sayasone, Kris Kristofferson, Yasuo Fukuda, and B. J. Habibie. Among people deceased in 2015, Benedict Anderson ranks 38. Before him are Douglass North, Zito, Wes Craven, Alcides Ghiggia, Tariq Aziz, and Günter Schabowski. After him are Yves Chauvin, Frei Otto, Pierre Brice, Charles H. Townes, Faten Hamama, and Irwin Rose.
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 34
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 35
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 36
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 37
1936 - 2014
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 38
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 39
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 41
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 42
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 43
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 44
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 45
1936 - 2019
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 46
1920 - 2015
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 32
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 33
1939 - 2015
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 34
1926 - 2015
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 35
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 36
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 37
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 38
1930 - 2015
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 39
1925 - 2015
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 40
1929 - 2015
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 41
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 42
1931 - 2015
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 44
Among people born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 193 out of 1,186. Before him are Hyeonjong of Joseon (1641), Zhang Liang (-290), Longqing Emperor (1537), Emperor Dezong of Tang (742), Emperor Zhao of Han (-94), and Emperor Xuan of Han (-91). After him are Li Hongzhang (1823), Faxian (340), Guo Jia (170), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), Emperor Ling of Han (156), and Kaidu (1230).
1641 - 1674
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 187
290 BC - 186 BC
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 188
1537 - 1572
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 189
742 - 805
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 190
94 BC - 74 BC
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 191
91 BC - 49 BC
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 192
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 193
1823 - 1901
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 194
340 - 418
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 195
170 - Present
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 196
1902 - 1987
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 197
156 - 189
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 198
1230 - 1301
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 199
Among political scientists born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 1.