SOCIOLOGIST

Nils Christie

1928 - 2015

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Nils Christie (24 February 1928 – 27 May 2015) was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Christie has received more than 91,701 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Christie is the 45th most popular sociologist (up from 47th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Norway (down from 155th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nils Christies by language

Over the past year Nils Christie has had the most page views in the with 5,695 views, followed by Russian (1,989), and Spanish (1,422). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (104.07%), Arabic (95.71%), and Simple English (79.75%)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Nils Christie ranks 45 out of 79. Before him are Mark Granovetter, David Riesman, Seymour Martin Lipset, Shmuel Eisenstadt, James Samuel Coleman, and Juan José Linz. After him are Edwin Sutherland, Randall Collins, George C. Homans, Lewis A. Coser, Marcel Granet, and Basil Bernstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nils Christie ranks 250. Before him are Hans Herrmann, Abdellatif Filali, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Nicolas Roeg, Yevgeny Svetlanov, and Alan Sillitoe. After him are Alexander Gomelsky, Annie Cordy, Anthony Franciosa, Sohrab Sepehri, Edgar Schein, and Pal Benko. Among people deceased in 2015, Nils Christie ranks 159. Before him are James Aldridge, Renzo Zorzi, Dean Jones, Dusty Rhodes, Władysław Bartoszewski, and Jonah Lomu. After him are Natalia Molchanova, Richard Johnson, Elena Obraztsova, Gene Amdahl, Czesław Kiszczak, and Dragan Holcer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Nils Christie ranks 190 out of 1,039. Before him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Haakon Ericsson (995), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), and Henrik Steffens (1773). After him are Magnus V of Norway (1156), Hans Aanrud (1863), Max Manus (1914), Johan Borgen (1902), Erik Werenskiold (1855), and Otto Ruge (1882).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among sociologists born in Norway, Nils Christie ranks 1. 

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