1941 - Today
Robert David Putnam (born 1941) is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Putnam developed the influential two-level game theory that assumes international agreements will only be successfully brokered if they also result in domestic benefits. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert D. Putnam has received more than 550,961 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert D. Putnam is the 20th most popular political scientist (down from 18th in 2019), the 2,472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,417th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Political Scientist.
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Among political scientists, Robert D. Putnam ranks 20 out of 29. Before him are Gene Sharp, David Easton, Joseph Nye, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Aleksandr Dugin, and Muhammad Asad. After him are Arend Lijphart, John Mearsheimer, Leonard Hobhouse, William Graham Sumner, Robert Keohane, and Olivier Roy.
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 14
1917 - 2014
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 16
1772 - 1840
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 17
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 18
1900 - 1992
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 19
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 20
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 22
1864 - 1929
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 23
1840 - 1910
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 24
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1941, Robert D. Putnam ranks 147. Before him are Sigmar Polke, Sergio Oliva, Rosa Maria Sardà, Andrei Mironov, Charles Whitman, and Myron Scholes. After him are Percy Sledge, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Nora Ephron, Harry Nilsson, Peter Bonetti, and Barbara Brylska.
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 141
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 142
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 143
1941 - 1987
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 144
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 145
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 146
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 147
1941 - 2015
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 148
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 149
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 150
1941 - 1994
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 151
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 152
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 153
Among people born in United States, Robert D. Putnam ranks 2,472 out of 15,968. Before him are Mike Markkula (1942), Will Ferrell (1967), Bill Hewlett (1913), Fred Ward (1942), George Chakiris (1934), and Ira Gershwin (1896). After him are Suzanne Collins (1962), Pauley Perrette (1969), Warren Christopher (1925), Archie Hahn (1880), Adam Levine (1979), and Darryl F. Zanuck (1902).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,466
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,467
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,468
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 2,469
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,470
1896 - 1983
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,471
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,472
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,473
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,474
1925 - 2011
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,475
1880 - 1955
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 2,476
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 2,477
1902 - 1979
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 2,478
Among political scientists born in United States, Robert D. Putnam ranks 7. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927), Harold Lasswell (1902), Francis Fukuyama (1952), Robert A. Dahl (1915), Gene Sharp (1928), and Joseph Nye (1937). After him are John Mearsheimer (1947), William Graham Sumner (1840), Robert Keohane (1941), Norman Finkelstein (1953), and Graham Allison (1940).
1927 - 2008
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 1
1902 - 1978
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 2
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 3
1915 - 2014
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 4
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 8
1840 - 1910
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 12