SOCIOLOGIST
Erving Goffman
1922 - 1982
Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007, The Times Higher Education Guide listed him as the sixth most-cited author of books in the humanities and social sciences. Goffman was the 73rd president of the American Sociological Association. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erving Goffman has received more than 1,698,897 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Erving Goffman is the 8th most popular sociologist, the 10th most popular biography from Canada (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Sociologist.
Erving Goffman is most famous for his book "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life." In this book, he argues that social life is a performance, and that people are constantly presenting themselves to others in different ways.
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Among SOCIOLOGISTS
Among sociologists, Erving Goffman ranks 8 out of 79. Before him are Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor W. Adorno, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, and Talcott Parsons. After him are Anthony Giddens, Norbert Elias, Marcel Mauss, Ulrich Beck, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Niklas Luhmann.
Most Popular Sociologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsÉmile Durkheim
1858 - 1917
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 2
Pierre Bourdieu
1930 - 2002
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 3
Theodor W. Adorno
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 4
Robert K. Merton
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 5
Georg Simmel
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 6
Talcott Parsons
1902 - 1979
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 7
Erving Goffman
1922 - 1982
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 8
Anthony Giddens
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 9
Norbert Elias
1897 - 1990
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 10
Marcel Mauss
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 11
Ulrich Beck
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 12
Immanuel Wallerstein
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 13
Niklas Luhmann
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, Erving Goffman ranks 16. Before him are Pierre Cardin, Thomas Kuhn, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erich Hartmann, Gérard Philipe, and Ava Gardner. After him are Liliane Bettencourt, Emil Zátopek, Hiroo Onoda, Aage Bohr, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jack Kerouac. Among people deceased in 1982, Erving Goffman ranks 16. Before him are Arthur Rubinstein, Philip K. Dick, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Anna Freud, and Vasily Chuikov. After him are Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Louis Aragon, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Gala Dalí, Jacques Tati, and Barack Obama Sr..
Others Born in 1922
Go to all RankingsPierre Cardin
FASHION DESIGNER
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 10
Thomas Kuhn
HISTORIAN
1922 - 1996
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 11
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
DIPLOMAT
1922 - 2016
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 12
Erich Hartmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 1993
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 13
Gérard Philipe
ACTOR
1922 - 1959
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 14
Ava Gardner
ACTOR
1922 - 1990
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 15
Erving Goffman
SOCIOLOGIST
1922 - 1982
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
Liliane Bettencourt
BUSINESSPERSON
1922 - 2017
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 17
Emil Zátopek
ATHLETE
1922 - 2000
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 18
Hiroo Onoda
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 2014
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 19
Aage Bohr
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2009
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 20
Kurt Vonnegut
WRITER
1922 - 2007
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 21
Jack Kerouac
WRITER
1922 - 1969
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 22
Others Deceased in 1982
Go to all RankingsArthur Rubinstein
MUSICIAN
1887 - 1982
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 10
Philip K. Dick
WRITER
1928 - 1982
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 11
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
FILM DIRECTOR
1945 - 1982
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 12
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1916 - 1982
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 13
Anna Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1895 - 1982
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 14
Vasily Chuikov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1982
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 15
Erving Goffman
SOCIOLOGIST
1922 - 1982
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 16
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1982
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 17
Louis Aragon
WRITER
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 18
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1982
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 19
Gala Dalí
COMPANION
1894 - 1982
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 20
Jacques Tati
FILM DIRECTOR
1907 - 1982
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 21
Barack Obama Sr.
ECONOMIST
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 22
In Canada
Among people born in Canada, Erving Goffman ranks 10 out of 1,622. Before him are Albert Bandura (1925), Celine Dion (1968), Justin Trudeau (1971), James Cameron (1954), Donald Sutherland (1935), and Frank Gehry (1929). After him are Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Alice Munro (1931), Christopher Plummer (1929), Marshall McLuhan (1911), Margaret Atwood (1939), and David Cronenberg (1943).
Others born in Canada
Go to all RankingsAlbert Bandura
PSYCHOLOGIST
1925 - 2021
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 4
Celine Dion
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 5
Justin Trudeau
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 6
James Cameron
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 7
Donald Sutherland
ACTOR
1935 - 2024
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 8
Frank Gehry
ARCHITECT
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 9
Erving Goffman
SOCIOLOGIST
1922 - 1982
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 10
Lucy Maud Montgomery
WRITER
1874 - 1942
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 11
Alice Munro
WRITER
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 12
Christopher Plummer
ACTOR
1929 - 2021
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 13
Marshall McLuhan
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1980
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 14
Margaret Atwood
WRITER
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 15
David Cronenberg
FILM DIRECTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 16
Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Canada
Among sociologists born in Canada, Erving Goffman ranks 1. After him are Ernest Burgess (1886).