SOCIOLOGIST
Göran Therborn
1941 - Today
Göran Therborn
Göran Therborn FAcSS (23 September 1941, Kalmar, Sweden) is a professor of sociology at Cambridge University and is amongst the most highly cited contemporary Marxian-influenced sociologists. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Therborn is the 65th most popular sociologist (up from 70th in 2019), the 790th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 836th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Sociologist.
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Among SOCIOLOGISTS
Among sociologists, Göran Therborn ranks 65 out of 79. Before him are Maksim Kovalevsky, Erik Olin Wright, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Michael Mann, Claus Offe, and Henri Hubert. After him are Loïc Wacquant, Louis Wirth, Anthony D. Smith, Peter Blau, Theda Skocpol, and Margaret Archer.
Most Popular Sociologists in Wikipedia
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Maksim Kovalevsky
1851 - 1916
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 59
Erik Olin Wright
1947 - 2019
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 60
Jeffrey C. Alexander
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 61
Michael Mann
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 62
Claus Offe
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 63
Henri Hubert
1872 - 1927
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 64
Göran Therborn
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 65
Loïc Wacquant
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 66
Louis Wirth
1897 - 1952
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 67
Anthony D. Smith
1939 - 2016
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 68
Peter Blau
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 69
Theda Skocpol
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 70
Margaret Archer
1943 - 2023
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 71
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1941, Göran Therborn ranks 435. Before him are Ileana Silai, Jacques Simon, Fernando Serena, Willi Fuggerer, Christine Delphy, and Margitta Gummel. After him are José Antonio Zaldúa, Valeri Zolotukhin, Joseph Bessala, Mária Gulácsy, Kurt Axelsson, and Jacques Cheminade.
Others Born in 1941
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Ileana Silai
ATHLETE
1941 - 2025
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 429
Jacques Simon
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2017
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 430
Fernando Serena
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2018
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 431
Willi Fuggerer
CYCLIST
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 432
Christine Delphy
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 433
Margitta Gummel
ATHLETE
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 434
Göran Therborn
SOCIOLOGIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 435
José Antonio Zaldúa
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 436
Valeri Zolotukhin
ACTOR
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 437
Joseph Bessala
ATHLETE
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 438
Mária Gulácsy
ATHLETE
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 439
Kurt Axelsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 1984
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 440
Jacques Cheminade
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 441
In Sweden
Among people born in Sweden, Göran Therborn ranks 790 out of 1,879. Before him are Lennart Samuelsson (1924), Axel Cadier (1906), Peter Tägtgren (1970), Bertil Antonsson (1921), Stellan Nilsson (1922), and Frithiof Mårtensson (1884). After him are Dagmar Lange (1914), Greta Johansson (1895), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Tom Turesson (1942), and Lisa Fonssagrives (1911).
Others born in Sweden
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Lennart Samuelsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 2012
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 784
Axel Cadier
WRESTLER
1906 - 1974
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 785
Peter Tägtgren
MUSICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 786
Bertil Antonsson
WRESTLER
1921 - 2006
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 787
Stellan Nilsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2003
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 788
Frithiof Mårtensson
WRESTLER
1884 - 1956
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 789
Göran Therborn
SOCIOLOGIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 790
Dagmar Lange
WRITER
1914 - 1991
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 791
Greta Johansson
SWIMMER
1895 - 1978
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 792
Ann-Britt Leyman
ATHLETE
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 793
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
GYMNAST
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 794
Tom Turesson
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2004
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 795
Lisa Fonssagrives
MODEL
1911 - 1992
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 796
Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Sweden
Among sociologists born in Sweden, Göran Therborn ranks 1.
