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Peter Drucker

1909 - 2005

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Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; German: [ˈdʀʊkɐ]; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and invented the concepts known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the champion of management as a serious discipline". Drucker's books and articles, both scholarly and popular, explored how humans are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Drucker has received more than 3,633,455 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Peter Drucker is the 326th most popular writer (down from 224th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Austria (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Writer.

Peter Drucker is most famous for his work in the field of management. He is best known for his book, "The Practice of Management."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Drucker ranks 326 out of 7,302. Before him are Czesław Miłosz, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Archilochus, Friedrich Schlegel, J. M. Coetzee, and France Prešeren. After him are Ève Curie, Pär Lagerkvist, André Malraux, Théophile Gautier, Coen brothers, and William Wordsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Peter Drucker ranks 8. Before him are Nicholas Winton, Eugène Ionesco, Francis Bacon, Osamu Dazai, Simone Weil, and Juliana of the Netherlands. After him are Victor Borge, U Thant, Kwame Nkrumah, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Virginia Apgar. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Drucker ranks 10. Before him are Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, George Best, Arthur Miller, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Claude Simon, and Rinus Michels. After him are Hans Bethe, Paul Ricœur, Simon Wiesenthal, Rafic Hariri, Omar Sívori, and Ezer Weizman.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 79 out of 1,424. Before him are Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Alma Mahler (1879), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Otto Wagner (1841), and Maria Anna Mozart (1751). After him are Anna Freud (1895), Victor Francis Hess (1883), Melanie Klein (1882), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), and Geli Raubal (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 7. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Robert Musil (1880), Paula Hitler (1896), Peter Handke (1942), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), and Elfriede Jelinek (1946). After him are Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Georg Trakl (1887), Hermann Broch (1886), and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874).

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