1919 - 2011
Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Bell has received more than 385,910 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Daniel Bell is the 22nd most popular sociologist (down from 21st in 2019), the 1,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,037th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Sociologist.
Daniel Bell is most famous for his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, in which he argues that the post-industrial society will be a society of knowledge workers.
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Among sociologists, Daniel Bell ranks 22 out of 54. Before him are Gabriel Tarde, Manuel Castells, Pitirim Sorokin, Peter L. Berger, C. Wright Mills, and Alain Touraine. After him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Michels, Stuart Hall, Ziya Gökalp, Robert E. Park, and W. I. Thomas.
1843 - 1904
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 17
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 18
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 19
1916 - 1962
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 20
1925 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 21
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 22
1901 - 1976
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 23
1876 - 1936
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 24
1932 - 2014
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 25
1876 - 1924
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 26
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 27
1863 - 1947
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1919, Daniel Bell ranks 37. Before him are Moïse Tshombe, Siad Barre, Matilde Camus, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mordechai Anielewicz, and Joseph Murray. After him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Jackie Robinson, Hermine Braunsteiner, Pete Seeger, Oleg Penkovsky, and Iris Murdoch. Among people deceased in 2011, Daniel Bell ranks 38. Before him are Diana Wynne Jones, Herbert A. Hauptman, Simon van der Meer, Zdeněk Miler, John McCarthy, and Jane Russell. After him are Amy Winehouse, Maria Schneider, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Tomislav Ivić, Baruj Benacerraf, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg.
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 31
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 32
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 33
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 34
1919 - 1943
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 35
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 36
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 37
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 38
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 39
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 40
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 41
1919 - 1963
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 42
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 43
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 32
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 33
1925 - 2011
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 34
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 35
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 36
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 37
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 38
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 39
1952 - 2011
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 40
1928 - 2011
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 41
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 42
1920 - 2011
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 43
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 1,071 out of 18,182. Before him are Courteney Cox (1964), Butch Cassidy (1866), Vincent Price (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Joanne Woodward (1930). After him are Guy Williams (1924), Peter Eisenman (1932), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Alicia Keys (1981), Ben E. King (1938), and William Friedkin (1935).
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 1,065
1866 - 1908
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 1,066
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 1,067
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 1,068
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 1,069
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 1,070
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 1,071
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 1,072
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 1,073
1846 - 1924
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 1,074
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 1,075
1938 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 1,076
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 1,077
Among sociologists born in United States, Daniel Bell ranks 5. Before him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), and C. Wright Mills (1916). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), W. I. Thomas (1863), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Herbert Blumer (1900), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Charles Tilly (1929), and David Riesman (1909).
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 1
1902 - 1979
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 2
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 3
1916 - 1962
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 4
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 5
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 6
1863 - 1947
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 7
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 8
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 9
1883 - 1950
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 10
1929 - 2008
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 11
1909 - 2002
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12