1953 - Today
Norman Gary Finkelstein ( FING-kəl-steen; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Finkelstein was born in New York City to Jewish Holocaust-survivor parents. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Finkelstein has received more than 2,961,385 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Finkelstein is the 24th most popular political scientist (up from 27th in 2019), the 4,606th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,588th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Political Scientist.
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Among political scientists, Norman Finkelstein ranks 24 out of 29. Before him are Robert D. Putnam, Arend Lijphart, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, John Mearsheimer, Leonard Hobhouse, and William Graham Sumner. After him are Robert Keohane, Graham Allison, Olivier Roy, Ilan Pappé, James Flynn, and Cass Sunstein.
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 18
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 19
1772 - 1840
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 21
1864 - 1929
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 22
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 23
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 24
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 25
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 26
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 27
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 28
1934 - 2020
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 29
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1953, Norman Finkelstein ranks 170. Before him are Dieter Hoeneß, Andreas Vollenweider, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Raoul Peck, James Russo, and Colm Meaney. After him are José Costa, Gali Atari, Slavoljub Muslin, Richard Bremmer, Ivica Šurjak, and Howard Schultz.
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 164
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 165
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 166
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 167
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 168
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 169
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 170
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 171
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 172
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 173
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 174
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 175
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 176
Among people born in United States, Norman Finkelstein ranks 4,606 out of 18,182. Before him are Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Pink Anderson (1900), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Lee Wallard (1910), and Mary Blair (1911). After him are Mary Alice (1941), Kendall Jenner (1995), Carl Bernstein (1944), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Michael Kahn (1935), and Elizabeth Perkins (1960).
1935 - 1996
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,600
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,601
1900 - 1974
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,602
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,603
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,604
1911 - 1978
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,605
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 4,606
1941 - 2022
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,607
1995 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,608
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,609
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,610
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,611
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,612
Among political scientists born in United States, Norman Finkelstein ranks 10. Before him are Robert A. Dahl (1915), Gene Sharp (1928), Joseph Nye (1937), Robert D. Putnam (1941), John Mearsheimer (1947), and William Graham Sumner (1840). After him are Robert Keohane (1941), Graham Allison (1940), James Flynn (1934), Cass Sunstein (1954), and Charles Murray (1943).
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 4
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 8
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 12
1934 - 2020
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 15