Political Scientist

Robert A. Dahl

American political scientist

1915 - 2014

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Robert A. Dahl

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert A. Dahl is the 3rd most popular political scientist (up from 15th in 2024), the 633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Political Scientist.

Robert A. Dahl is most famous for his work in political science, specifically on the study of democracy. He is most famous for his book, "A Preface to Democratic Theory," which was published in 1956.

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Robert A. Dahl climbed 7,622 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #13,469 to #5,851.

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Robert A. Dahl ranks #633 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 3% of that group.

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Among Political Scientists

Among political scientists, Robert A. Dahl ranks 3 out of 51. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, and Étienne de La Boétie. After him are Christian Lous Lange, Francis Fukuyama, Hans Morgenthau, Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, Georg Jellinek, Johan Galtung, Harold Lasswell, and Ralf Dahrendorf.

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Samuel P. Huntington
1927 - 2008
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 1
Étienne de La Boétie
1530 - 1563
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 2
Robert A. Dahl
1915 - 2014
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 3
Christian Lous Lange
1869 - 1938
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 4
Francis Fukuyama
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 5
Hans Morgenthau
1904 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 6
Aleksandr Dugin
1962 - Present
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 7
Benedict Anderson
1936 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 8
Georg Jellinek
1851 - 1911
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 9
Johan Galtung
1930 - 2024
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 10
Harold Lasswell
1902 - 1978
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 11
Ralf Dahrendorf
1929 - 2009
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Robert A. Dahl ranks 26. Before him are Billie Holiday, Hu Yaobang, Sviatoslav Richter, John Vorster, Saul Bellow, and Aung San. After him are Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Jerome Bruner, Stanley Matthews, Fred Hoyle, and Robert Hofstadter. Among people deceased in 2014, Robert A. Dahl ranks 21. Before him are Maximilian Schell, Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, Lauren Bacall, Paco de Lucía, and Jacques Le Goff. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Virna Lisi, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Alain Resnais, Christopher Hogwood, and Maya Angelou.

Others Born in 1915

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Billie Holiday
SINGER
1915 - 1959
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 20
Hu Yaobang
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1989
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 21
Sviatoslav Richter
MUSICIAN
1915 - 1997
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 22
John Vorster
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1983
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 23
Saul Bellow
WRITER
1915 - 2005
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 24
Aung San
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1947
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 25
Robert A. Dahl
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1915 - 2014
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 26
Joachim Peiper
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1915 - 1976
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 27
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1915 - 1944
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 28
Jerome Bruner
PSYCHOLOGIST
1915 - 2016
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 29
Stanley Matthews
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 2000
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 30
Fred Hoyle
ASTRONOMER
1915 - 2001
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 31
Robert Hofstadter
PHYSICIST
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 32