1940 - Today
George Ritzer (born October 14, 1940) is an American sociologist, professor, and author who has mainly studied globalization, metatheory, patterns of consumption, and modern/postmodern social theory. His concept of McDonaldization draws upon Max Weber's idea of rationalization through the lens of the fast food industry. He coined the term in a 1983 article for The Journal of American Culture, developing the concept in The McDonaldization of Society (1993), which is among the best selling monographs in the history of American sociology.Ritzer has written many general sociology books, including Introduction to Sociology (2012) and Essentials to Sociology (2014), and modern/postmodern social theory textbooks. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Ritzer has received more than 332,497 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Ritzer is the 58th most popular sociologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 6,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,328th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Sociologist.
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Among sociologists, George Ritzer ranks 58 out of 54. Before him are George C. Homans, Ernest Burgess, Randall Collins, Raewyn Connell, Claus Offe, and Michael Mann. After him are Erik Olin Wright, Robert Nisbet, Maksim Kovalevsky, Anthony D. Smith, Arlie Russell Hochschild, and Jeffrey C. Alexander.
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
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 59
1913 - 1996
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 60
1851 - 1916
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 61
1939 - 2016
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 62
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 63
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 64
Among people born in 1940, George Ritzer ranks 334. Before him are Silvester Takač, José de Anchieta Fontana, Wolf Kahler, Alain Calmat, Fakhruddin Ahmed, and Van McCoy. After him are Alex Trebek, Barry Corbin, Franco Bitossi, Jurandir de Freitas, Apolo Nsibambi, and David Jason.
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 328
1940 - 1980
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 329
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 330
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 331
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 332
1940 - 1979
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 333
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 334
1940 - 2020
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 335
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 336
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 337
1940 - 1996
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 338
1940 - 2019
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 339
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 340
Among people born in United States, George Ritzer ranks 6,083 out of 18,182. Before him are Jon Lovitz (1957), Freddie Spencer (1961), Harold Agnew (1921), Josh Hutcherson (1992), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), and Peter H. Gilmore (1958). After him are Scott Patterson (1958), Diane di Prima (1934), Theodore Roszak (1933), Evan Peters (1987), Dylan Walsh (1963), and Michael Spinks (1956).
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 6,077
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 6,078
1921 - 2013
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 6,079
1992 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 6,080
1806 - 1895
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 6,081
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 6,082
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 6,083
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 6,084
1934 - 2020
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 6,085
1933 - 2011
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 6,086
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 6,087
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 6,088
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 6,089
Among sociologists born in United States, George Ritzer ranks 20. Before him are Howard S. Becker (1928), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), James Samuel Coleman (1926), Robert N. Bellah (1927), George C. Homans (1910), and Randall Collins (1941). After him are Erik Olin Wright (1947), Robert Nisbet (1913), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), and Theda Skocpol (1947).
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
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 25