SOCIOLOGIST

Jeffrey C. Alexander

1947 - Today

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Jeffrey Charles Alexander (born 1947) is an American sociologist, and a prominent social theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeffrey C. Alexander has received more than 160,893 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeffrey C. Alexander is the 58th most popular sociologist (up from 64th in 2019), the 5,632nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,678th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Sociologist.

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  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Jeffrey C. Alexander ranks 58 out of 79Before him are Ernest Burgess, T. H. Marshall, Robert N. Bellah, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Raewyn Connell, and Erik Olin Wright. After him are Claus Offe, George Ritzer, Peter Blau, Michael Mann, Henri Hubert, and Robert Nisbet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jeffrey C. Alexander ranks 428Before him are Chung Un-chan, Ilanit, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Michael Gross, Hans Ooft, and Jim Steinman. After him are Abraham Laboriel, Steve Marriott, Željko Franulović, André Wilms, Lupita Ferrer, and Jimmy Bain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeffrey C. Alexander ranks 5,632 out of 20,380Before him are Jim Cummings (1952), Jim Steinman (1947), Melinda Culea (1955), Art Carney (1918), Harold Lockwood (1887), and Shelley Long (1949). After him are Roger E. Mosley (1938), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joey Kramer (1950), Julian Beck (1925), Eugene McCarthy (1916), and Jesse L. Lasky (1880).

Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Jeffrey C. Alexander ranks 21Before him are James Samuel Coleman (1926), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Randall Collins (1941), George C. Homans (1910), Robert N. Bellah (1927), and Erik Olin Wright (1947). After him are George Ritzer (1940), Robert Nisbet (1913), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), Theda Skocpol (1947), Rodney Stark (1934), and John Bellamy Foster (1953).