1887 - 1949
Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 – April 18, 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s. He is considered to be the father of American distributionalism. His influential textbook Language, published in 1933, presented a comprehensive description of American structural linguistics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Bloomfield has received more than 380,269 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Leonard Bloomfield is the 43rd most popular linguist (down from 41st in 2019), the 1,843rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,812th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Linguist.
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Among linguists, Leonard Bloomfield ranks 43 out of 161. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Vasily Radlov, André Martinet, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, and Vilhelm Thomsen. After him are George Lakoff, Joseph Greenberg, Charles Bally, Hesychius of Alexandria, Vatroslav Jagić, and Hermann Paul.
1879 - 1952
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 37
1897 - 1941
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 38
1837 - 1918
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 39
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 40
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 41
1842 - 1927
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 42
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 43
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 44
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 45
1865 - 1947
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 46
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 47
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 48
1846 - 1921
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1887, Leonard Bloomfield ranks 77. Before him are Hugo Steinhaus, René Spitz, Marcus Garvey, Josef Čapek, Giovanni Gronchi, and Vasily Chapayev. After him are George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Sivananda Saraswati, Joseph Bech, Tetsu Katayama, Wilhelm Kube, and François Faber. Among people deceased in 1949, Leonard Bloomfield ranks 40. Before him are Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, Ulrich Salchow, Alice Bailey, Béla Balázs, and Nikola Zhekov. After him are Valentino Mazzola, Vasily Degtyaryov, Joaquín Turina, Yoshijirō Umezu, Maurice Blondel, and Otto Wächter.
1887 - 1972
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 71
1887 - 1974
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 72
1887 - 1940
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 73
1887 - 1945
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 74
1887 - 1978
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 75
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 76
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 77
1887 - 1972
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 78
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 79
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 80
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 81
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 82
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 83
1870 - 1949
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 34
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 35
1877 - 1949
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 36
1880 - 1949
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 37
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 38
1865 - 1949
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 39
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 40
1919 - 1949
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 41
1880 - 1949
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 42
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 43
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 44
1861 - 1949
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 45
1901 - 1949
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 46
Among people born in United States, Leonard Bloomfield ranks 1,843 out of 18,182. Before him are Kirsten Dunst (1982), Lily Tomlin (1939), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Tom Wolfe (1930), Barbara Bach (1947), and Steve Vai (1960). After him are Henry Hathaway (1898), Rick Riordan (1964), Theda Bara (1885), Leo McCarey (1898), Albert King (1923), and Scott McKenzie (1939).
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,837
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,838
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,839
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,840
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,841
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,842
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,843
1898 - 1985
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,844
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,845
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,846
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,847
1923 - 1992
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,848
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,849
Among linguists born in United States, Leonard Bloomfield ranks 4. Before him are Noam Chomsky (1928), William James Sidis (1898), and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897). After him are George Lakoff (1941), Joseph Greenberg (1915), William Labov (1927), Noah Webster (1758), Joshua Fishman (1926), Stephen Krashen (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Morris Swadesh (1909).
1928 - Present
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 1
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 2
1897 - 1941
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 3
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5
1915 - 2001
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 6
1927 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1758 - 1843
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 8
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 10
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 12