1863 - 1931
George Herbert Mead (February 27, 1863 – April 26, 1931) was an American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago. He was one of the key figures in the development of pragmatism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Herbert Mead has received more than 1,045,455 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. George Herbert Mead is the 197th most popular philosopher (down from 177th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from United States (down from 291st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Philosopher.
George Herbert Mead is most famous for his theory of social behavior. Mead believed that social behavior is learned and developed through the process of social interaction.
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Among philosophers, George Herbert Mead ranks 197 out of 1,081. Before him are John Scotus Eriugena, Nicolas Malebranche, Xun Kuang, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Marquis de Condorcet, and Georgi Plekhanov. After him are Paulo Freire, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Apollonius of Tyana, Gabriel Marcel, Diogenes of Apollonia, and Al-Ash'ari.
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 191
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 192
313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 193
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 194
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 195
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 196
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 197
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 198
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 199
15 - 100
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 200
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 201
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 202
873 - 936
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 203
Among people born in 1863, George Herbert Mead ranks 13. Before him are Swami Vivekananda, Arthur Henderson, Pietro Mascagni, David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. After him are Constantine P. Cavafy, Carlos I of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Austen Chamberlain. Among people deceased in 1931, George Herbert Mead ranks 12. Before him are Omar Mukhtar, Otto Wallach, Geli Raubal, Arthur Schnitzler, Albert A. Michelson, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt. After him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Theo van Doesburg, Joseph Joffre, Carl Nielsen, F. W. Murnau, and Bhagat Singh.
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 7
1863 - 1935
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 8
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 10
1863 - 1957
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 13
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 14
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 15
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 16
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 17
1863 - 1945
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 18
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 6
1847 - 1931
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 7
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 8
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 9
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 11
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 12
1853 - 1931
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 13
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 14
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 16
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 17
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, George Herbert Mead ranks 375 out of 18,182. Before him are Paulette Goddard (1910), Faye Dunaway (1941), Rock Hudson (1925), Charles Francis Richter (1900), Jay Leno (1950), and Jennifer Lopez (1969). After him are Dan Brown (1964), Zachary Taylor (1784), Kurt Cobain (1967), Dian Fossey (1932), David Carradine (1936), and Kathy Bates (1948).
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 369
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 370
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 371
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 372
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 373
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 374
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 375
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 376
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 377
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 378
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 379
1936 - 2009
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 380
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 381
Among philosophers born in United States, George Herbert Mead ranks 2. Before him are John Rawls (1921). After him are Robert Nozick (1938), John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Hilary Putnam (1926), Richard Rorty (1931), Daniel Dennett (1942), Judith Butler (1956), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), and Nelson Goodman (1906).
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 1
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 2
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 3
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 5
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 6
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 9
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 10
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 11
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12