1904 - 1980
Hans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 – July 19, 1980) was a German-American jurist and political scientist who was one of the major 20th-century figures in the study of international relations. Morgenthau's works belong to the tradition of realism in international relations theory; he is usually considered among the most influential realists of the post-World War II period. Morgenthau made landmark contributions to international relations theory and the study of international law. His Politics Among Nations, first published in 1948, went through five editions during his lifetime and was widely adopted as a textbook in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Morgenthau has received more than 915,009 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Morgenthau is the 6th most popular political scientist (down from 5th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Germany (down from 574th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Political Scientist.
Hans Morgenthau is most famous for his work in the field of international relations. He was a professor at the University of Chicago for many years and wrote extensively on the subject of international relations. He was also the author of Politics Among Nations, which is considered one of the best books on international relations in the 20th century.
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Among political scientists, Hans Morgenthau ranks 6 out of 29. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Étienne de La Boétie, Francis Fukuyama, Harold Lasswell, and Georg Jellinek. After him are Christian Lous Lange, Benedict Anderson, Ralf Dahrendorf, Robert A. Dahl, Johan Galtung, and Maurice Duverger.
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 1
1530 - 1563
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 3
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 4
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 5
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 6
1869 - 1938
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 7
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 8
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 9
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 10
1930 - 2024
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 11
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1904, Hans Morgenthau ranks 32. Before him are John Hicks, Luis Carrero Blanco, Gregory Bateson, Harry Martinson, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and Witold Gombrowicz. After him are Ernst Mayr, Willem de Kooning, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Joseph Campbell, George F. Kennan, and Louis Néel. Among people deceased in 1980, Hans Morgenthau ranks 35. Before him are Bill Evans, Marcelo Caetano, Gregory Bateson, Óscar Romero, John Bonham, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle. After him are Willard Libby, Alexander Oparin, William Howard Stein, Mae West, Alejo Carpentier, and Marian Rejewski.
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 26
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 27
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 28
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 29
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 30
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 31
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 32
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 33
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 34
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 35
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 36
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1904 - 2000
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 38
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 29
1906 - 1980
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 30
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 31
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 32
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1925 - 1980
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 34
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 35
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 36
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 37
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 38
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 40
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 41
Among people born in Germany, Hans Morgenthau ranks 628 out of 6,142. Before him are Franz Stuck (1863), Curd Jürgens (1915), Fritz Perls (1893), Erich Priebke (1913), Johannes Rau (1931), and August Bebel (1840). After him are Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Walther Rathenau (1867), Maria Josepha of Bavaria (1739), Werner von Haeften (1908), and Anna Anderson (1896).
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 622
1915 - 1982
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 623
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 624
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 625
1931 - 2006
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 626
1840 - 1913
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 627
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 628
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 629
978 - 1039
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 630
1867 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 631
1739 - 1767
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 632
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 633
1896 - 1984
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 634
Among political scientists born in Germany, Hans Morgenthau ranks 2. Before him are Georg Jellinek (1851). After him are Ralf Dahrendorf (1929) and Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772).
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 1
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 2
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 3
1772 - 1840
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 4