POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Ralf Dahrendorf

1929 - 2009

Ralf Dahrendorf

Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, (1 May 1929 – 17 June 2009) was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralf Dahrendorf has received more than 456,385 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Ralf Dahrendorf is the 9th most popular political scientist, the 769th most popular biography from Germany (up from 774th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Political Scientist.

Ralf Dahrendorf is most famous for his work in the sociology of knowledge, and his book "Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society."

Memorability Metrics

460k
Page Views (PV)
63.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
8.62
Effective Languages (L*)
2.60
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ralf Dahrendorfs by language

Over the past year Ralf Dahrendorf has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 42,555 views, followed by German (34,600), and Spanish (11,353). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kirghiz (113.93%), Simple English (57.37%), and Serbian (33.76%)

Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Ralf Dahrendorf ranks 9 out of 46. Before him are Francis Fukuyama, Johan Galtung, Christian Lous Lange, Georg Jellinek, Harold Lasswell, and Hans Morgenthau. After him are Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, Gene Sharp, Maurice Duverger, David Easton, and Robert A. Dahl.

Most Popular Political Scientists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Francis Fukuyama
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 3
Johan Galtung
1930 - 2024
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 4
Christian Lous Lange
1869 - 1938
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 5
Georg Jellinek
1851 - 1911
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 6
Harold Lasswell
1902 - 1978
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 7
Hans Morgenthau
1904 - 1980
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 8
Ralf Dahrendorf
1929 - 2009
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 9
Aleksandr Dugin
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 10
Benedict Anderson
1936 - 2015
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 11
Gene Sharp
1928 - 2018
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 12
Maurice Duverger
1917 - 2014
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 13
David Easton
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 14
Robert A. Dahl
1915 - 2014
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 15

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ralf Dahrendorf ranks 57. Before him are Yevgeny Primakov, Gudrun Burwitz, Karolos Papoulias, Günter Schabowski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Murray Gell-Mann. After him are James Last, Lennart Johansson, John Cassavetes, Osamu Yamaji, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and Ivar Giaever. Among people deceased in 2009, Ralf Dahrendorf ranks 25. Before him are Raúl Alfonsín, Robert McNamara, Milorad Pavić, Ted Kennedy, Vivian Maier, and Vitaly Ginzburg. After him are Bobby Robson, Jean Dausset, Maurice Druon, Jack Kemp, Robert F. Furchgott, and Günther Rall.

Others Born in 1929

Go to all Rankings

Yevgeny Primakov
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 51
Gudrun Burwitz
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 52
Karolos Papoulias
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2021
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 53
Günter Schabowski
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 54
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CONDUCTOR
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 55
Murray Gell-Mann
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2019
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 56
Ralf Dahrendorf
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1929 - 2009
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 57
James Last
MUSICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 58
Lennart Johansson
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 59
John Cassavetes
ACTOR
1929 - 1989
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 60
Osamu Yamaji
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 61
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2008
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 62
Ivar Giaever
PHYSICIST
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 63