1897 - 1990
Norbert Elias (German: [ˈnɔʁbɛʁt ʔeˈliːas]; 22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norbert Elias has received more than 356,496 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Norbert Elias is the 10th most popular sociologist, the 74th most popular biography from Poland (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Sociologist.
Norbert Elias is most famous for his book, The Civilizing Process, which describes the development of manners and morals in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.
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Among sociologists, Norbert Elias ranks 10 out of 54. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Talcott Parsons, Erving Goffman, and Anthony Giddens. After him are Marcel Mauss, Niklas Luhmann, Immanuel Wallerstein, Ulrich Beck, Karl Mannheim, and Gabriel Tarde.
1903 - 1969
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 4
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 5
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 6
1902 - 1979
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 7
1922 - 1982
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 8
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 9
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 11
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 12
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 13
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 14
1893 - 1947
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 15
1843 - 1904
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1897, Norbert Elias ranks 15. Before him are Lucky Luciano, Ludwig Erhard, Wilhelm Reich, Paavo Nurmi, Georges Bataille, and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Pola Negri, Thích Quảng Đức, Louis Aragon, Gordon Allport, Enid Blyton, and Ferenc Szálasi. Among people deceased in 1990, Norbert Elias ranks 10. Before him are Ava Gardner, B. F. Skinner, Roald Dahl, Louis Althusser, Leonard Bernstein, and Alberto Moravia. After him are Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, John Bowlby, Pavel Cherenkov, and Yun Posun.
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 10
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 12
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 13
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 16
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 17
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 18
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 19
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 20
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 21
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 4
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 5
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 6
1918 - 1990
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 7
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 8
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 13
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1904 - 1990
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 15
1897 - 1990
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 16
Among people born in Poland, Norbert Elias ranks 74 out of 1,454. Before him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Emanuel Lasker (1868), Gustav Fechner (1801), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), and Maria Feodorovna (1759). After him are Walther Nernst (1864), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Pola Negri (1897), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Anna Jagiellon (1523), and Horst Köhler (1943).
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 68
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 69
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 71
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 72
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 73
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 74
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 75
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 76
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 77
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 78
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 79
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 80
Among sociologists born in Poland, Norbert Elias ranks 1. After him are Ulrich Beck (1944), Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838), and Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923).
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 2
1838 - 1909
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 3
1923 - 2010
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4