SOCIOLOGIST

Paul Lazarsfeld

1901 - 1976

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Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) was an Austrian-American sociologist and mathematician. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Lazarsfeld has received more than 267,859 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Lazarsfeld is the 21st most popular sociologist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Austria (up from 240th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Sociologist.

Paul Lazarsfeld was most famous for his work in the field of sociology. He was one of the founders of the University of Columbia's Bureau of Applied Social Research, which is now the Department of Sociology. He is also credited with developing the two-step flow theory.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 21 out of 79. Before him are Gabriel Tarde, Karl Mannheim, Manuel Castells, Pitirim Sorokin, Alain Touraine, and Peter L. Berger. After him are C. Wright Mills, Robert Michels, Thomas Luckmann, Daniel Bell, Ziya Gökalp, and Saskia Sassen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 57. Before him are José Leandro Andrade, Louis Kahn, Lee Strasberg, Walter Hallstein, Luis Monti, and Mildred Harris. After him are Erhard Heiden, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Charles Brenton Huggins, Rudolf Slánský, Raimundo Orsi, and Princess Sophie of Hohenberg. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 42. Before him are Anneliese Michel, Tove Ditlevsen, Andrei Grechko, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, René Cassin, and Josef Albers. After him are David Elazar, Yonatan Netanyahu, João Goulart, Kazi Nazrul Islam, George Whipple, and George Ostrogorsky.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 236 out of 1,424. Before him are Oskar Potiorek (1853), Roland Ratzenberger (1960), Gustav Wagner (1911), Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Josef von Sternberg (1894), and Peter L. Berger (1929). After him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Ferdinand Piëch (1937), Otto Rank (1884), and Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among sociologists born in Austria, Paul Lazarsfeld ranks 2. Before him are Peter L. Berger (1929). After him are Peter Blau (1918).

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