1929 - 2018
Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Harner has received more than 169,874 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Michael Harner is the 55th most popular anthropologist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 5,050th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,615th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Michael Harner ranks 55 out of 69. Before him are Alfred Sauvy, Edmund Leach, Louis Dumont, Bengt Danielsson, Andrey Korotayev, and Aleš Hrdlička. After him are Fei Xiaotong, Melville J. Herskovits, George Murdock, Madison Grant, Helen Fisher, and Johann Carl Fuhlrott.
1898 - 1990
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 49
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 50
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 51
1921 - 1997
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 52
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 53
1869 - 1943
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 54
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 55
1910 - 2005
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 56
1895 - 1963
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 57
1897 - 1985
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 58
1865 - 1937
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 59
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 60
1803 - 1877
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1929, Michael Harner ranks 275. Before him are Karin Lindberg, Harry Frankfurt, Jimmy Cobb, Henri Pousseur, Francesco Alberoni, and Jürgen Ehlers. After him are Prahlad Jani, Dominique Fernandez, Moses Gunn, Burhan Sargun, Maarten Schmidt, and Nicolas Bouvier. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Harner ranks 235. Before him are Abbas, Geoff Emerick, Tony Joe White, Connie Sawyer, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Evelyn Berezin. After him are Stanley Cavell, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, María Dolores Pradera, Fernando del Paso, Robert Spaemann, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 269
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 270
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 271
1929 - 2009
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 272
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 273
1929 - 2008
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 274
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 275
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 276
1929 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 277
1929 - 1993
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 278
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 279
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 280
1929 - 1998
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 281
1944 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 229
1945 - 2018
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 230
1943 - 2018
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 231
1912 - 2018
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 232
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 233
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 234
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 235
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 236
1928 - 2018
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 237
1924 - 2018
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 238
1935 - 2018
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 239
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 240
1942 - 2018
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 241
Among people born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 5,050 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Zucker (1950), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Louis Jordan (1908), Margaret Taylor (1788), Mark St. John (1956), and Robert Berdella (1949). After him are Marsha Mason (1942), Richard Petty (1937), C. J. Cherryh (1942), V. C. Andrews (1923), Gina Carano (1982), and Fletcher Henderson (1897).
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 5,044
1927 - 2007
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 5,045
1908 - 1975
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 5,046
1788 - 1852
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 5,047
1956 - 2007
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 5,048
1949 - 1992
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,049
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,050
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,051
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,052
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,053
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,054
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,055
1897 - 1952
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,056
Among anthropologists born in United States, Michael Harner ranks 15. Before him are Marshall Sahlins (1930), Ann Dunham (1942), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), and David Graeber (1961). After him are Melville J. Herskovits (1895), George Murdock (1897), Madison Grant (1865), Helen Fisher (1945), Gayle Rubin (1949), and Carleton S. Coon (1904).
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
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 15
1895 - 1963
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 16
1897 - 1985
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 17
1865 - 1937
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 19
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 20
1904 - 1981
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 21