1863 - 1941
Werner Sombart (; German: [ˈzɔmbaʁt]; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. The term late capitalism is accredited to him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Sombart has received more than 345,375 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Werner Sombart is the 51st most popular economist (down from 38th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Germany (down from 487th in 2019) and the 5th 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 51 out of 315. Before him are Jan Tinbergen, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Frédéric Bastiat, John Hicks, Bernard Mandeville, and Douglass North. After him are Kenneth Arrow, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Maurice Allais, Robert Mundell, W. Edwards Deming, and Irving Fisher.
1903 - 1994
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 45
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 46
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 47
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 48
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 49
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 50
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 51
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 52
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 53
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 54
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 55
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 56
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1863, Werner Sombart ranks 20. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy, Carlos I of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Austen Chamberlain. After him are Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Franz Stuck, Alexandre Yersin, Wilhelm Marx, Gaston Doumergue, and Reinhard Scheer. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Sombart ranks 23. Before him are Paul Sabatier, El Lissitzky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Hans Spemann, Ernst Udet, and Werner Mölders. After him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Sherwood Anderson, Henri Lebesgue, Prajadhipok, and Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli.
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 14
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 15
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 16
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 17
1863 - 1945
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 18
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 19
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 20
1863 - 1944
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 21
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 22
1863 - 1943
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 23
1863 - 1946
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 24
1863 - 1937
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 25
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 26
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 17
1890 - 1941
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 18
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 19
1869 - 1941
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 20
1896 - 1941
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 21
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 22
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 23
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 24
1886 - 1941
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 25
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 26
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 27
1893 - 1941
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 28
1856 - 1941
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 597 out of 6,142. Before him are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Felix Hoffmann (1868), Oliver Kahn (1969), and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801). After him are Edith Frank (1900), Georg Büchner (1813), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Bruno Bauer (1809), Norbert of Xanten (1080), and Margot Frank (1926).
1879 - 1952
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 591
1817 - 1905
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 592
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 593
1868 - 1946
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 594
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 595
1801 - 1873
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 596
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 597
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 598
1813 - 1837
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 599
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 600
1809 - 1882
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 601
1080 - 1134
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 602
1926 - 1945
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 603
Among economists born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 5. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Klaus Schwab (1938), Wassily Leontief (1906), and Friedrich List (1789). After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Gottfried Feder (1883), Eugen Dühring (1833), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), and Oskar Morgenstern (1902).
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
Rank: 1
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 3
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 6
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 7
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1810 - 1858
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 9
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 10
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 12