1940 - Today
Claus Offe (born 16 March 1940 in Berlin) is a political sociologist of Marxist orientation. He received his PhD from the University of Frankfurt and his Habilitation at the University of Konstanz. In Germany, he has held chairs for Political Science and Political Sociology at the Universities of Bielefeld (1975–1989) and Bremen (1989–1995), as well as at the Humboldt-University of Berlin (1995–2005). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claus Offe has received more than 93,713 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claus Offe is the 56th most popular sociologist, the 3,671st most popular biography from Germany and the 10th most popular German Sociologist.
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Among sociologists, Claus Offe ranks 56 out of 54. Before him are Lewis A. Coser, Robert N. Bellah, George C. Homans, Ernest Burgess, Randall Collins, and Raewyn Connell. After him are Michael Mann, George Ritzer, Erik Olin Wright, Robert Nisbet, Maksim Kovalevsky, and Anthony D. Smith.
1913 - 2003
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 50
1927 - 2013
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 51
1910 - 1989
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 52
1886 - 1966
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 53
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 54
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 55
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 56
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 57
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 58
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 59
1913 - 1996
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 60
1851 - 1916
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 61
1939 - 2016
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1940, Claus Offe ranks 286. Before him are Jean Clair, Mohammed Magariaf, Chris Farlowe, Conny Plank, Jia Qinglin, and Ronald Pickup. After him are Philippe Léotard, Brigitte Hamann, Arlette Laguiller, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Graham Allison, and Gennadi Strekalov.
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 280
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 281
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 282
1940 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 283
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 284
1940 - 2021
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 285
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 286
1940 - 2001
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 287
1940 - 2016
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 288
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 289
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 290
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 291
1940 - 2004
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 292
Among people born in Germany, Claus Offe ranks 3,671 out of 6,142. Before him are Fritz Szepan (1907), Max Lange (1832), Kim Dotcom (1974), Rudolf Wagner (1805), Sylvia Nasar (1947), and Leonhard Frank (1882). After him are Ruth Fuchs (1946), Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858), Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810), Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (1794), Angela Gossow (1974), and Johann Most (1846).
1907 - 1974
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 3,665
1832 - 1899
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 3,666
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 3,667
1805 - 1864
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 3,668
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,669
1882 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,670
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 3,671
1946 - 2023
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,672
1858 - 1928
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 3,673
1810 - 1876
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 3,674
1794 - 1852
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 3,675
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,676
1846 - 1906
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,677
Among sociologists born in Germany, Claus Offe ranks 10. Before him are Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Juan José Linz (1926), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), and Lewis A. Coser (1913).
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