1909 - 2005
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 founder of modern management".Drucker's books and articles, both scholarly and popular, explored how humans are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Drucker has received more than 3,342,933 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Peter Drucker is the 224th most popular writer (up from 273rd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 75th in 2019) and the 4th 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, Peter Drucker ranks 224 out of 5,755. Before him are Terry Pratchett, Peter Handke, Luís de Camões, Ray Bradbury, Luigi Pirandello, and John Milton. After him are Johanna Spyri, Nikos Kazantzakis, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Maurice Leblanc, Al-Masudi, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 218
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 219
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 220
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 221
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 222
1608 - 1674
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 223
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 224
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 225
1883 - 1957
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 226
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 227
1864 - 1941
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 228
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 229
1803 - 1882
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 230
Among people born in 1909, Peter Drucker ranks 5. Before him are Stepan Bandera, Eugène Ionesco, Osamu Dazai, and Juliana of the Netherlands. After him are Simone Weil, Andrei Gromyko, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Francis Bacon, Victor Borge, Nicholas Winton, and U Thant. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Drucker ranks 5. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Edward Heath, Rosa Parks, and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. After him are George Best, Claude Simon, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Paul Ricœur, Simon Wiesenthal, Arthur Miller, and Rinus Michels.
1909 - 1959
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 1
1909 - 1994
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 2
1909 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 3
1909 - 2004
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 4
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 5
1909 - 1943
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 6
1909 - 1989
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 7
1909 - 1978
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 8
1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 9
1909 - 2000
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 10
1909 - 2015
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 11
1909 - 1974
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 12
1920 - 2005
HPI: 85.38
Rank: 1
1916 - 2005
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 2
1913 - 2005
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1923 - 2005
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 4
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 5
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 6
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 7
1921 - 2005
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 8
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 9
1908 - 2005
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 10
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 11
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 63 out of 1,237. Before him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Peter Handke (1942), Christian Doppler (1803), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), and Anton Webern (1883). After him are Josef Bican (1913), Fritz Lang (1890), Billy Wilder (1906), Carl Czerny (1791), Martin Buber (1878), and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833).
1527 - 1576
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 57
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 58
1803 - 1853
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 59
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 60
1752 - 1814
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 61
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 62
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 63
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 64
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 65
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 66
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 67
1878 - 1965
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 68
1833 - 1896
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 69
Among writers born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 4. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883), Stefan Zweig (1881), and Peter Handke (1942). After him are Robert Musil (1880), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Sándor Márai (1900), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), Paula Hitler (1896), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), and Georg Trakl (1887).
1883 - 1924
HPI: 86.23
Rank: 1
1881 - 1942
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 3
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 4
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 5
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 7
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 8
1888 - 1970
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 9
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 10
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 11
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 12