ANTHROPOLOGIST

Pierre Clastres

1934 - 1977

Photo of Pierre Clastres

Icon of person Pierre Clastres

Pierre Clastres (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ klastʁ]; 17 May 1934 – 29 July 1977) was a French anthropologist, ethnographer, and ethnologist. He is best known for his contributions to the field of political anthropology, with his fieldwork among the Guayaki in Paraguay and his theory of stateless societies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Clastres has received more than 161,500 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pierre Clastres is the 30th most popular anthropologist (up from 31st in 2019), the 2,493rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,572nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Anthropologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Pierre Clastres ranks 30 out of 93. Before him are A. L. Kroeber, Ann Dunham, Jacques de Morgan, Fredrik Barth, Marvin Harris, and Raymond Dart. After him are Wilhelm Schmidt, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Richard Leakey, Franco Basaglia, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Marcel Griaule.

Most Popular Anthropologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Pierre Clastres ranks 145. Before him are Freddie King, Lakhdar Brahimi, Audre Lorde, Eileen Atkins, Zurab Tsereteli, and Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. After him are Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Ralph Nader, Kenzo Ohashi, Lucien Muller, Nadine Trintignant, and Tatiana Samoilova. Among people deceased in 1977, Pierre Clastres ranks 93. Before him are Marie-Thérèse Walter, Delmer Daves, Shogo Kamo, Jacques Tourneur, Alexander Rodimtsev, and Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Erroll Garner, Samael Aun Weor, Pan Yuliang, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Ba Maw, and Son Ngoc Thanh.

Others Born in 1934

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1977

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Clastres ranks 2,493 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391), Jacques Doriot (1898), Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773), Louis Feuillade (1873), Guibert of Nogent (1055), and Maurice de Sully (1110). After him are Richard Bohringer (1942), Bertrand Blier (1939), Georges Leclanché (1836), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Louis de Beaufront (1855), and Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In France

Among anthropologists born in France, Pierre Clastres ranks 4. Before him are Paul Broca (1824), Marc Augé (1935), and Jacques de Morgan (1857). After him are Marcel Griaule (1898), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Maurice Godelier (1934), Georges Balandier (1920), Philippe Descola (1949), Yves Coppens (1934), and Marcellin Boule (1861).

French born Anthropologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous