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 theories of 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 106,707 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Leslie White is the 22nd most popular anthropologist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 2,268th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,173rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Leslie White ranks 22 out of 69. Before him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Knud Rasmussen, Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, Raymond Dart, and Marvin Harris. After him are Marshall Sahlins, Mary Leakey, Marc Augé, Wilhelm Schmidt, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Pierre Clastres.
1902 - 1973
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 16
1879 - 1933
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 17
1921 - 2007
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 18
1920 - 1983
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 19
1893 - 1988
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 20
1927 - 2001
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 21
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 22
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 23
1913 - 1996
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 24
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 25
1868 - 1954
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 26
1923 - 1986
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 27
1934 - 1977
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1900, Leslie White ranks 92. Before him are Mervyn LeRoy, Karin Boye, Agnes Moorehead, Emanuel Ringelblum, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ernst Busch. After him are Otto Braun, Srinagarindra, Muhammad Asad, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Evald Aav, and René Crevel. Among people deceased in 1971, Leslie White ranks 54. Before him are Bernardo Houssay, Helene Weigel, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, and John Boyd Orr. After him are Van Heflin, Ub Iwerks, Dean Acheson, Dita Parlo, T. V. Soong, and Viktor Patsayev.
1900 - 1987
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 86
1900 - 1941
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 87
1900 - 1974
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 88
1900 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 89
1900 - 1984
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 90
1900 - 1980
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 91
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 92
1900 - 1974
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 93
1900 - 1995
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 94
1900 - 1992
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 95
1900 - 1983
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 96
1900 - 1939
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 97
1900 - 1935
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 98
1887 - 1971
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 48
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 49
1928 - 1971
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 50
1935 - 1971
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 51
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 52
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 53
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 54
1908 - 1971
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 55
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 56
1893 - 1971
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 57
1906 - 1971
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 58
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 59
1933 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 60
Among people born in United States, Leslie White ranks 2,268 out of 15,968. Before him are Freddie King (1934), Chris Noth (1954), Dean Cain (1966), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Oliver Winchester (1810), and Joan Allen (1956). After him are George Lakoff (1941), Ken Mattingly (1936), George Segal (1934), Stephen Foster (1826), Steve Fossett (1944), and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886).
1934 - 1976
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 2,262
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 2,263
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 2,264
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,265
1810 - 1880
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,266
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 2,267
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,268
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,269
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,270
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,271
1826 - 1864
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,272
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,273
1886 - 1945
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,274
Among anthropologists born in United States, Leslie White ranks 8. Before him are Clifford Geertz (1926), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), Ruth Benedict (1887), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Marvin Harris (1927). After him are Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), Ann Dunham (1942), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), and George Murdock (1897).
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 2
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 3
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 5
1914 - 2009
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 6
1927 - 2001
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 7
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 8
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 9
1857 - 1935
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 10
1942 - 1995
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 11
1805 - 1852
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 12
1893 - 1953
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 13
1897 - 1985
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 14