SOCIOLOGIST

Randall Collins

1941 - Today

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Randall Collins (born July 29, 1941) is an American sociologist who has been influential in both his teaching and writing. He has taught in many notable universities around the world and his academic works have been translated into various languages. Collins is currently the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Randall Collins has received more than 250,378 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Randall Collins is the 47th most popular sociologist (up from 54th in 2019), the 3,973rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,465th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Sociologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Randall Collins ranks 47 out of 79. Before him are Seymour Martin Lipset, Shmuel Eisenstadt, James Samuel Coleman, Juan José Linz, Nils Christie, and Edwin Sutherland. After him are George C. Homans, Lewis A. Coser, Marcel Granet, Basil Bernstein, Ernest Burgess, and T. H. Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Randall Collins ranks 245. Before him are Margitta Gummel, Mike Love, Dirk Frimout, Yevhen Marchuk, Lucien Aimar, and Steve Cropper. After him are Vitaly Solomin, Vladimir Lyakhov, Georges Heylens, Desmond Dekker, Anne Tyler, and George Clinton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Randall Collins ranks 3,973 out of 20,380. Before him are Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Kelly Johnson (1910), Virginia Cherrill (1908), Mae Marsh (1894), Robert Mueller (1944), and Steve Cropper (1941). After him are Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924), Ben Turpin (1869), Robert Stack (1919), Dana Scott (1932), Dick Sargent (1930), and Parry O'Brien (1932).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Randall Collins ranks 17. Before him are Charles Tilly (1929), Mark Granovetter (1943), David Riesman (1909), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), James Samuel Coleman (1926), and Edwin Sutherland (1883). After him are George C. Homans (1910), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Erik Olin Wright (1947), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), George Ritzer (1940), and Robert Nisbet (1913).

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