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Juan José Linz

1926 - 2013

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Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia (24 December 1926 – 1 October 2013) was a German-born Spanish sociologist and political scientist specializing in comparative politics. From 1961 he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Yale University and later also an honorary member of the Scientific Council at the Juan March Institute. He is best known for his work on authoritarian political regimes and democratization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan José Linz is the 31st most popular sociologist (up from 44th in 2019), the 1,791st most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,169th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Juan José Linz ranks 31 out of 79. Before him are Saskia Sassen, Ziya Gökalp, Robert N. Bellah, Daniel Bell, Thomas Luckmann, and Stuart Hall. After him are Harold Garfinkel, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Robert E. Park, W. I. Thomas, and Andre Gunder Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Juan José Linz ranks 129. Before him are Lu'ay al-Atassi, Efraín Ríos Montt, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Estanislau Basora, and Estanislao Esteban Karlic. After him are Maria Teresa de Filippis, Peter Graves, Yevgeny Leonov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Marian Jaworski, and Norman Jewison. Among people deceased in 2013, Juan José Linz ranks 91. Before him are Seamus Heaney, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Glafcos Clerides, Wilfried Martens, Ottmar Walter, and Abdul Rahim Hatif. After him are Otto Sander, José Froilán González, Zillur Rahman, Arthur Danto, Taihō Kōki, and Eleanor Parker.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Juan José Linz ranks 1,791 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles the Child (847), Wolfgang Ketterle (1957), Walter Stennes (1895), Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (1885), Nicolaus von Below (1907), and Sebald Beham (1500). After him are Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883), Richenza of Northeim (1087), Ludwig Fischer (1905), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630), and Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Juan José Linz ranks 6. Before him are Max Weber (1864), Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), and Robert Michels (1876). After him are Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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