1855 - 1936
Ferdinand Tönnies (German: [ˈtœniːs]; 26 July 1855 – 9 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher. He was a significant contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for distinguishing between two types of social groups, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (community and society). He co-founded the German Society for Sociology together with Max Weber and Georg Simmel and many other founders. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Tönnies has received more than 390,510 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ferdinand Tönnies is the 158th most popular philosopher (up from 171st in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Germany (up from 254th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Philosopher.
Ferdinand Tönnies is most famous for his book Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, which he wrote in 1887. He is credited with the idea of "community" and "society."
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Among philosophers, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 158 out of 1,081. Before him are Adi Shankara, John Wycliffe, Louis Althusser, Ernst Cassirer, Christian Wolff, and Adam Weishaupt. After him are Max Stirner, Mikhail Bakhtin, Padmasambhava, Cesare Beccaria, Carl Schmitt, and Friedrich Schleiermacher.
788 - 820
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 152
1324 - 1384
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 153
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 154
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 155
1679 - 1754
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 156
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 157
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 158
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 159
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 160
717 - 762
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 161
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 162
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 163
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1855, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 1. After him are Archduchess Sophie of Austria, John Browning, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Liman von Sanders, Émile Verhaeren, Ernest Chausson, Eleanor Marx, Percival Lowell, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, and Ned Kelly. Among people deceased in 1936, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 9. Before him are Federico García Lorca, George V, Rudyard Kipling, Oswald Spengler, Luigi Pirandello, and Lu Xun. After him are Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, Eleftherios Venizelos, Albert Fish, G. K. Chesterton, and Alexander Glazunov.
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 1
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 3
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 4
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
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1855 - 1916
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 6
1855 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 7
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 8
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 9
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 10
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 11
1855 - 1880
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 12
1898 - 1936
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 3
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.17
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1865 - 1936
HPI: 74.83
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1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
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1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
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1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
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1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
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1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.85
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1883 - 1936
HPI: 69.17
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1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
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1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
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1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
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1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 249 out of 6,142. Before him are Martin Niemöller (1892), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Irma Grese (1923), Joachim Gauck (1940), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), and Adam Weishaupt (1748). After him are Ernst Jünger (1895), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Max Stirner (1806), Julius Streicher (1885), and Helmut Schmidt (1918).
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
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1882 - 1934
HPI: 70.16
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1923 - 1945
HPI: 70.13
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1940 - Present
HPI: 70.12
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1844 - 1904
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 247
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 248
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 249
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 250
1887 - 1977
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 251
1652 - 1722
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 252
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 253
1885 - 1946
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 254
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 255
Among philosophers born in Germany, Ferdinand Tönnies ranks 27. Before him are Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Herbert Marcuse (1898), and Adam Weishaupt (1748). After him are Max Stirner (1806), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Scheler (1874), Max Horkheimer (1895), Athanasius Kircher (1602), and Rudolf Carnap (1891).
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 21
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 22
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 23
1714 - 1762
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 24
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 25
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 26
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 27
1806 - 1856
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 28
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 29
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 30
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 31
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 32
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 33