1858 - 1941
Gaetano Mosca (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ˈmoska]; 1 April 1858 – 8 November 1941) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaetano Mosca has received more than 247,191 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gaetano Mosca is the 484th most popular philosopher (down from 431st in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,232nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Philosopher.
Gaetano Mosca is most famous for his theory of the Ruling Class. He argued that society is divided into two classes: a ruling class and a ruled class. The ruling class is the minority in society and has control over the ruled class.
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Among philosophers, Gaetano Mosca ranks 484 out of 1,081. Before him are Dong Zhongshu, Philodemus, Karl Löwith, Karl-Otto Apel, William of Champeaux, and Martha Nussbaum. After him are Themistius, Nezahualcoyotl, Annemarie Schimmel, Antiochus of Ascalon, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, and Priscian.
179 BC - 104 BC
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 478
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 479
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 480
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 481
1070 - 1121
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 482
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 483
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 484
317 - 388
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 485
1402 - 1472
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 486
1922 - 2003
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 487
130 BC - 68 BC
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 488
1754 - 1836
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 489
500 - 600
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 490
Among people born in 1858, Gaetano Mosca ranks 40. Before him are Giovanni Segantini, Princess Louise of Belgium, Alois Riegl, Michael Hainisch, Keke Geladze, and Ludwig Quidde. After him are Carl Auer von Welsbach, Saad Zaghloul, Jan Toorop, Pandita Ramabai, Saitō Makoto, and Albrecht Penck. Among people deceased in 1941, Gaetano Mosca ranks 48. Before him are Pál Teleki, Sisowath Monivong, Ernst Lindemann, Rudolf Hilferding, Ludwig Quidde, and Paul-Jacques Curie. After him are Tullio Levi-Civita, Hans Driesch, Lou Gehrig, Edwin S. Porter, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Maria Spiridonova.
1858 - 1899
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 34
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 35
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 36
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 37
1858 - 1937
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 38
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 39
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 40
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 41
1858 - 1927
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 42
1858 - 1928
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 43
1858 - 1922
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 44
1858 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 45
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 46
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 42
1875 - 1941
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 43
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 44
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 45
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 47
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 48
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 49
1867 - 1941
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 50
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 51
1870 - 1941
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 52
1897 - 1941
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 53
1884 - 1941
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 54
Among people born in Italy, Gaetano Mosca ranks 1,415 out of 4,668. Before him are Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Salvatore Ferragamo (1898), Anita Pallenberg (1942), Felicitas of Rome (101), Gaetano Bresci (1869), and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784). After him are Pietro Parolin (1955), Mario Monicelli (1915), Nino Vaccarella (1933), Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (1612), Praxedes (100), and Paula of Rome (347).
80 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,409
1898 - 1960
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,410
1942 - 2017
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,411
101 - 165
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,412
1869 - 1901
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,413
1784 - 1806
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,414
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 1,415
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 1,416
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 1,417
1933 - 2021
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 1,418
1612 - 1646
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 1,419
100 - Present
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,420
347 - 406
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 1,421
Among philosophers born in Italy, Gaetano Mosca ranks 37. Before him are Lucilio Vanini (1585), Brunetto Latini (1220), Norberto Bobbio (1909), Dicaearchus (-350), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), and Thomas Cajetan (1469). After him are Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Cesare Ripa (1555), Myia (-600), Gianni Vattimo (1936), and Bernardino Telesio (1509).
1585 - 1619
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 31
1220 - 1294
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 32
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 33
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 34
1378 - 1446
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 35
1469 - 1534
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 36
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 37
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 38
1667 - 1733
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 39
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 40
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 41
1936 - 2023
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 42
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 43