1910 - 1989
George Caspar Homans (August 11, 1910 – May 29, 1989) was an American sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology, the 54th president of the American Sociological Association, and one of the architects of social exchange theory. Homans is best known in science for his research in social behavior and his works The Human Group, Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms, his contributions to exchange theory, and the different propositions he developed to explain social behavior. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George C. Homans has received more than 210,800 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George C. Homans is the 52nd most popular sociologist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 4,409th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,485th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Sociologist.
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Among sociologists, George C. Homans ranks 52 out of 54. Before him are Basil Bernstein, Nils Christie, James Samuel Coleman, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Lewis A. Coser, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are Ernest Burgess, Randall Collins, Raewyn Connell, Claus Offe, Michael Mann, and George Ritzer.
1924 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 46
1928 - 2015
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 47
1926 - 1995
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 48
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 49
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
Among people born in 1910, George C. Homans ranks 164. Before him are Heinrich Sutermeister, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Paulette Dubost, Alfons Maria Stickler, Maxim Munzuk, and Olga Bergholz. After him are Donald Watson, Jean Martinon, Jean Servais, Vivien Thomas, Lee Wallard, and Herminio Masantonio. Among people deceased in 1989, George C. Homans ranks 134. Before him are Kaj Franck, Imre Németh, Georges Schehadé, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Carl Dahlhaus, and Luiz Gonzaga. After him are Armand Salacrou, Jean-Michel Charlier, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Christine Jorgensen, Harry Andrews, and Wilfrid Sellars.
1910 - 1995
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 158
1910 - 1971
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 159
1910 - 2011
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 160
1910 - 2007
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 161
1910 - 1999
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 162
1910 - 1975
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 163
1910 - 1989
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 164
1910 - 2005
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 165
1910 - 1976
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 166
1910 - 1976
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 167
1910 - 1985
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 168
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 169
1910 - 1956
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 170
1911 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 128
1917 - 1989
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 129
1905 - 1989
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 130
1896 - 1989
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 131
1928 - 1989
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 132
1912 - 1989
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 133
1910 - 1989
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 134
1899 - 1989
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 135
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 136
1930 - 1989
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 137
1926 - 1989
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 138
1911 - 1989
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 139
1912 - 1989
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 140
Among people born in United States, George C. Homans ranks 4,409 out of 18,182. Before him are John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Louis C.K. (1967), Marilyn Burns (1949), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Mae Marsh (1894), and Jim Gray (1944). After him are W. S. Van Dyke (1889), Charles Koch (1935), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Elihu Yale (1649), David Bushnell (1742), and Paul Chambers (1935).
1906 - 1978
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 4,403
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 4,404
1949 - 2014
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 4,405
1839 - 1925
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 4,406
1894 - 1968
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 4,407
1944 - 2007
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4,408
1910 - 1989
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4,409
1889 - 1943
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4,410
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,411
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,412
1649 - 1721
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,413
1742 - 1824
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,414
1935 - 1969
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 4,415
Among sociologists born in United States, George C. Homans ranks 18. Before him are David Riesman (1909), Mark Granovetter (1943), Howard S. Becker (1928), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), James Samuel Coleman (1926), and Robert N. Bellah (1927). After him are Randall Collins (1941), George Ritzer (1940), Erik Olin Wright (1947), Robert Nisbet (1913), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), and Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947).
1909 - 2002
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 13
1928 - 2023
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 14
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 15
1926 - 1995
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 16
1927 - 2013
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 17
1910 - 1989
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 18
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 19
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 20
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 21
1913 - 1996
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 24