1863 - 1941
Werner Sombart (; German: [ˈzɔmbaɐ̯t]; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist and sociologist, the head of the "Youngest Historical School" and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. The term late capitalism is accredited to him. The concept of creative destruction associated with capitalism is also of his coinage. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Sombart has received more than 208,876 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Werner Sombart is the 38th most popular economist (up from 39th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Germany (down from 479th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Economist.
Werner Sombart is most famous for his book, "The Jews and Modern Capitalism."
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Among economists, Werner Sombart ranks 38 out of 315. Before him are Carl Menger, Michael Porter, Karl Polanyi, Léon Walras, Jan Tinbergen, and Elinor Ostrom. After him are Oliver E. Williamson, Bernard Mandeville, John Hicks, Gary Becker, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Graham.
1840 - 1921
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 32
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 33
1886 - 1964
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 34
1834 - 1910
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 35
1903 - 1994
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 36
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 37
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 38
1932 - 2020
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 39
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 40
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 41
1930 - 2014
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 42
1755 - 1804
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 43
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1863, Werner Sombart ranks 17. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy, David Lloyd George, Swami Vivekananda, Alexandre Yersin, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and Carlos I of Portugal. After him are Austen Chamberlain, Vladimir Vernadsky, Abdul Karim, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, and Wilhelm Marx. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Sombart ranks 19. Before him are Robert Delaunay, Maurice Leblanc, El Lissitzky, Paul Sabatier, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Ioannis Metaxas. After him are Ernst Udet, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Frederick Banting, Werner Mölders, Hans Spemann, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły.
1863 - 1933
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 11
1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 12
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
1863 - 1943
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 14
1863 - 1938
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 15
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 16
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 17
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 18
1863 - 1945
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 19
1863 - 1909
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 20
1863 - 1950
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 21
1863 - 1923
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 22
1863 - 1946
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 23
1885 - 1941
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 13
1864 - 1941
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 14
1890 - 1941
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 15
1854 - 1941
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 16
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 17
1871 - 1941
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 18
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 19
1896 - 1941
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 20
1860 - 1941
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 21
1891 - 1941
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 22
1913 - 1941
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 23
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 24
1886 - 1941
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 25
Among people born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 487 out of 5,289. Before him are Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Karl Ziegler (1898), Pope Victor II (1018), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), and Ludwig Tieck (1773). After him are Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Johann Bayer (1572), Hans Geiger (1882), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784).
1847 - 1897
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 481
1898 - 1973
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 482
1018 - 1057
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 483
1898 - 1978
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 484
1732 - 1795
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 485
1773 - 1853
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 486
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 487
1884 - 1958
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 488
1572 - 1625
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 489
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 490
1750 - 1827
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 491
1862 - 1911
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 492
1784 - 1844
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 493
Among economists born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 4. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Friedrich List (1789), and Wassily Leontief (1906). After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Gottfried Feder (1883), Eugen Dühring (1833), Adolph Wagner (1835), Lorenz von Stein (1815), Alfred Weber (1868), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), and Ernest Mandel (1923).
1818 - 1883
HPI: 93.23
Rank: 1
1789 - 1846
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 2
1906 - 1999
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 3
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 4
1783 - 1850
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 5
1883 - 1941
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 6
1833 - 1921
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 7
1835 - 1917
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 8
1815 - 1890
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 9
1868 - 1958
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 10
1810 - 1858
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 11
1923 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12