







Occupation
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
With 46 biographies, Political Scientists are the 88th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Mountaineers, Judges, and Fashion Designers.
People
Pantheon has 46 people classified as political scientists born between 1450 and 1974. Of these 46, 19 (41.30%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living political scientists include Pippa Norris, Karine Jean-Pierre, and Robert D. Putnam. The most famous deceased political scientists include Joseph Nye, Hayranidil Kadın, and Rahime Perestu Sultan.
Living Political Scientists
Go to all RankingsFrancis Fukuyama
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.95
Aleksandr Dugin
1962 - Present
HPI: 70.18
John Mearsheimer
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Graham Allison
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Karine Jean-Pierre
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Ilan Pappé
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Arend Lijphart
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Charles Murray
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Norman Finkelstein
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Robert D. Putnam
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Robert Keohane
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Adam Przeworski
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Deceased Political Scientists
Go to all RankingsSamuel P. Huntington
1927 - 2008
HPI: 75.98
Étienne de La Boétie
1530 - 1563
HPI: 73.59
Robert A. Dahl
1915 - 2014
HPI: 72.67
Christian Lous Lange
1869 - 1938
HPI: 72.38
Hans Morgenthau
1904 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Benedict Anderson
1936 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Georg Jellinek
1851 - 1911
HPI: 69.49
Johan Galtung
1930 - 2024
HPI: 69.27
Harold Lasswell
1902 - 1978
HPI: 69.16
Ralf Dahrendorf
1929 - 2009
HPI: 67.67
Joseph Nye
1937 - 2025
HPI: 67.38
Leonard Hobhouse
1864 - 1929
HPI: 67.31
Places
Most political scientists were born in United States (18), Germany (5), and Russia (3). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (5), Toronto (2), and Leipzig (2).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as political scientists in Pantheon are Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Étienne de La Boétie, and Marfa Boretskaya. The concentration of political scientists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier political scientists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Political Scientists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 21 most globally memorable Political Scientists since 1700.