1936 - 2015
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict Anderson has received more than 738,624 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Benedict Anderson is the 9th most popular political scientist (down from 8th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from China (down from 193rd 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 9 out of 29. Before him are Étienne de La Boétie, Francis Fukuyama, Harold Lasswell, Georg Jellinek, Hans Morgenthau, and Christian Lous Lange. After him are Ralf Dahrendorf, Robert A. Dahl, Johan Galtung, Maurice Duverger, Gene Sharp, and Joseph Nye.
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 3
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 4
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 5
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 6
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 7
1869 - 1938
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 8
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 9
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 11
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 12
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 13
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 14
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 15
Among people born in 1936, Benedict Anderson ranks 45. Before him are Georges Perec, Steve Reich, Gerhard Ertl, B. J. Habibie, Kris Kristofferson, and Ferid Murad. After him are Uwe Seeler, Don Cherry, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dean Stockwell, Yasuo Fukuda, and Anna German. Among people deceased in 2015, Benedict Anderson ranks 42. Before him are Charles H. Townes, Yevgeny Primakov, Günter Schabowski, Udo Lattek, Irwin Rose, and Colleen McCullough. After him are Zito, Alcides Ghiggia, Faten Hamama, Pierre Brice, James Horner, and René Girard.
1936 - 1982
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 41
1936 - 2019
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 42
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 43
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 44
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 45
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 46
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 47
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 48
1936 - 2021
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 49
1936 - Present
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 50
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 51
1915 - 2015
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 36
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 37
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 38
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 39
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 40
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 42
1932 - 2015
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 44
1931 - 2015
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 45
1929 - 2015
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 46
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 47
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 48
Among people born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 212 out of 1,392. Before him are Longqing Emperor (1537), Emperor Yingzong of Song (1032), Li Ka-shing (1928), Emperor Dezong of Tang (742), Wang Anshi (1021), and Emperor Qianshao of Han (-150). After him are Lu Xun (183), Lin Zexu (1785), Emperor Zhao of Han (-94), Wang Xizhi (303), Emperor Qinzong (1100), and Zhang Xueliang (1901).
1537 - 1572
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 206
1032 - 1067
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 207
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 208
742 - 805
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 209
1021 - 1086
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 210
150 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 211
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 212
183 - 245
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 213
1785 - 1850
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 214
94 BC - 74 BC
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 215
303 - 361
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 216
1100 - 1161
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 217
1901 - 2001
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 218
Among political scientists born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 1.