SOCIOLOGIST

Juan José Linz

1926 - 2013

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Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia (24 December 1926 – 1 October 2013) was a German-born Spanish sociologist and political scientist specializing in comparative politics. From 1961 he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Yale University and later also an honorary member of the Scientific Council at the Juan March Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan José Linz has received more than 121,880 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Juan José Linz is the 44th most popular sociologist (down from 40th in 2019), the 3,169th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,458th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Sociologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.88

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Juan José Linz ranks 44 out of 79. Before him are Charles Tilly, Mark Granovetter, David Riesman, Seymour Martin Lipset, Shmuel Eisenstadt, and James Samuel Coleman. After him are Nils Christie, Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, George C. Homans, Lewis A. Coser, and Marcel Granet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Juan José Linz ranks 198. Before him are Genrich Altshuller, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Ladislav Adamec, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Marian Jaworski, and Bo Carpelan. After him are Klaus Tennstedt, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Jean Peters, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, and Vitaly Vorotnikov. Among people deceased in 2013, Juan José Linz ranks 186. Before him are Georges Lautner, Aleksandr Serebrov, Michael Ansara, Carlo Lizzani, Jim Hall, and Arik Einstein. After him are Ray Dolby, Radu Vasile, Saye Zerbo, Tommy Morrison, Scott Carpenter, and Henrique Rosa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Juan José Linz ranks 3,169 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), Gertrude of Sulzbach (1114), John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1700), Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896), Julius Röntgen (1855), and Johannes Agricola (1494). After him are Erich Neumann (1905), Louis Paulsen (1833), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479), Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (1887), and Franz Nissl (1860).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Juan José Linz ranks 8. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), and Amitai Etzioni (1929). After him are Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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