SOCIOLOGIST

Howard S. Becker

1928 - 2023

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Howard Saul Becker (April 18, 1928 – August 16, 2023) was an American sociologist who taught at Northwestern University. Becker made contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. Becker also wrote extensively on sociological writing styles and methodologies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard S. Becker has received more than 443,995 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Howard S. Becker is the 29th most popular sociologist (up from 41st in 2019), the 1,957th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,165th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Sociologist.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Howard S. Becker ranks 29 out of 79. Before him are Robert Michels, Thomas Luckmann, Daniel Bell, Ziya Gökalp, Saskia Sassen, and Robert E. Park. After him are Stuart Hall, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Harold Garfinkel, W. I. Thomas, and Andre Gunder Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Howard S. Becker ranks 123. Before him are Edward Albee, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Natalie Zemon Davis, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bo Diddley, and Peter Naur. After him are Hayden White, Branko Mikulić, Desmond Morris, Fumihiko Maki, Yaacov Agam, and Christa Ludwig. Among people deceased in 2023, Howard S. Becker ranks 128. Before him are Glenda Jackson, Robbie Robertson, Adolf Scherer, Natalie Zemon Davis, Roberto Dinamite, and Ray Stevenson. After him are Kevin Mitnick, David Crosby, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, David Albahari, Hans Albert, and Nina Matviienko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard S. Becker ranks 1,957 out of 20,380. Before him are James Newton Howard (1951), Eric Adams (1952), Mark W. Clark (1896), Dana Elcar (1927), Peggy Lee (1920), and Paul Schrader (1946). After him are Kevin Mitnick (1963), Fred Phelps (1929), Gigi Hadid (1995), Isaac Hayes (1942), John Frederick Kensett (1816), and Henry Molaison (1926).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Howard S. Becker ranks 7. Before him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Talcott Parsons (1902), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), C. Wright Mills (1916), Daniel Bell (1919), and Robert E. Park (1864). After him are Harold Garfinkel (1917), W. I. Thomas (1863), Herbert Blumer (1900), Charles Tilly (1929), Mark Granovetter (1943), and David Riesman (1909).

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