1902 - 1950
George Kingsley Zipf (; January 7, 1902 – September 25, 1950), was an American linguist and philologist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages.Zipf earned his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, although he also studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin. He was chairman of the German department and university lecturer (meaning he could teach any subject he chose) at Harvard University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Kingsley Zipf has received more than 99,405 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Kingsley Zipf is the 112th most popular linguist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 4,768th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,585th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Linguist.
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Among linguists, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 112 out of 161. Before him are Heinrich Hübschmann, Stephen Krashen, Julius Pokorny, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Morris Halle, and Hrachia Acharian. After him are Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, Jules Gilliéron, Arie de Jong, Daniel Jones, and George Abraham Grierson.
1848 - 1908
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 106
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 107
1887 - 1970
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 108
1929 - 2021
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 109
1923 - 2018
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 110
1876 - 1953
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 111
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 112
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 113
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 114
1854 - 1926
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 115
1865 - 1957
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 116
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 117
1851 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 118
Among people born in 1902, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 178. Before him are Sergei Khudyakov, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Juan Evaristo, Bobby Jones, Strom Thurmond, and Andrés Mazali. After him are Son House, Ilmari Salminen, André Patry, Georgette Heyer, Yevgeny Petrov, and Yakov Smushkevich. Among people deceased in 1950, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 112. Before him are Santiago Casares Quiroga, Orhan Veli Kanık, Alykul Osmonov, Pavel Bazhov, Sergei Khudyakov, and Adolf Meyer. After him are Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Sudirman, Dirk Coster, Guilhermina Suggia, Konrad von Preysing, and Recep Peker.
1902 - 1950
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 172
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 173
1902 - 1978
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 174
1902 - 1971
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 175
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 176
1902 - 1975
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 177
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 178
1902 - 1988
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 179
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 180
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 181
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 182
1902 - 1942
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 183
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 184
1884 - 1950
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 106
1914 - 1950
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 107
1915 - 1950
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 108
1879 - 1950
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 109
1902 - 1950
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 110
1866 - 1950
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 111
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 112
1909 - 1950
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 113
1916 - 1950
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 114
1889 - 1950
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 115
1885 - 1950
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 116
1880 - 1950
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 117
1889 - 1950
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 4,768 out of 18,182. Before him are Claudette Colvin (1939), Carl Spaatz (1891), Steven Zaillian (1953), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Big Joe Turner (1911), and Muse Watson (1948). After him are Morris Swadesh (1909), Jerry Hall (1956), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Elvin Hayes (1945), Demi Lovato (1992), and Eugene Polley (1915).
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,762
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,763
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,764
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,765
1911 - 1985
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,766
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,767
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,768
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,769
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,770
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,771
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,772
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,773
1915 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 4,774
Among linguists born in United States, George Kingsley Zipf ranks 11. Before him are George Lakoff (1941), Joseph Greenberg (1915), William Labov (1927), Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), and Stephen Krashen (1941). After him are Morris Swadesh (1909), William Dwight Whitney (1827), Robert Blust (1940), Charles F. Hockett (1916), Alice Kober (1906), and Dell Hymes (1927).
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 6
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 8
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 10
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 12
1827 - 1894
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 13
1940 - 2022
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 14
1916 - 2000
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 15
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 16
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 17