1900 - 1971
Leslie Alvin White (January 19, 1900, Salida, Colorado – March 31, 1975, Lone Pine, California) was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of the theories on cultural evolution, sociocultural evolution, and especially neoevolutionism, and for his role in creating the department of anthropology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leslie White has received more than 162,324 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Leslie White is the 24th most popular anthropologist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 2,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,267th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Leslie White ranks 24 out of 69. Before him are Edward T. Hall, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, Mary Leakey, Richard Leakey, and Marvin Harris. After him are Wilhelm Schmidt, Cheikh Anta Diop, Raymond Dart, Marc Augé, Marshall Sahlins, and Jacques de Morgan.
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 18
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 20
1913 - 1996
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 21
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 22
1927 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 23
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 24
1868 - 1954
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 25
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 26
1893 - 1988
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 27
1935 - 2023
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 28
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 29
1857 - 1924
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1900, Leslie White ranks 95. Before him are Mervyn LeRoy, Gilbert Ryle, Yvonne de Gaulle, Leonardo Conti, Karin Boye, and Kiyoo Kanda. After him are George Uhlenbeck, Herbert Blumer, Muhammad Asad, Duy Tân, Miguel Alemán Valdés, and Valko Chervenkov. Among people deceased in 1971, Leslie White ranks 59. Before him are Duane Allman, Helene Weigel, Van Heflin, Dean Acheson, J. D. Bernal, and Dita Parlo. After him are Philippe Thys, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Hermann Ehrhardt, Paul Lukas, and Erich Abraham.
1900 - 1987
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 89
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 90
1900 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 91
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 92
1900 - 1941
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 93
1900 - 1970
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 94
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 95
1900 - 1988
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 96
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 97
1900 - 1992
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 98
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 99
1900 - 1983
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 100
1900 - 1980
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 101
1946 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 53
1900 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 54
1908 - 1971
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 55
1893 - 1971
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 56
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 57
1906 - 1971
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 58
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 60
1896 - 1971
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 61
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1881 - 1971
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 64
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 65
Among people born in United States, Leslie White ranks 2,402 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Fogerty (1941), Cannonball Adderley (1928), Stanley Kamel (1943), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Barbara Hershey (1948), and Lindsay Wagner (1949). After him are Tracy Chapman (1964), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Steve Guttenberg (1958), Richard Bull (1924), Richard Pryor (1940), and Jasper Johns (1930).
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,396
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,397
1943 - 2008
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,398
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,399
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,400
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,401
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,402
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,403
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,404
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,405
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,406
1940 - 2005
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 2,407
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 2,408
Among anthropologists born in United States, Leslie White ranks 8. Before him are Margaret Mead (1901), Ruth Benedict (1887), Clifford Geertz (1926), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Marvin Harris (1927). After him are Marshall Sahlins (1930), Ann Dunham (1942), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), and David Graeber (1961).
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 2
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 3
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 5
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 6
1927 - 2001
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 7
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 8
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 9
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 10
1857 - 1935
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 11
1805 - 1852
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 12
1893 - 1953
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 13
1961 - 2020
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 14