ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marshall Sahlins

1930 - 2021

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Marshall David Sahlins ( SAH-linz; December 27, 1930 – April 5, 2021) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marshall Sahlins is the 29th most popular anthropologist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 2,920th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,320th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Marshall Sahlins ranks 29 out of 93. Before him are Marvin Harris, Raymond Dart, Andrey Korotayev, Edward T. Hall, Jacques de Morgan, and Ann Dunham. After him are Marc Augé, Fredrik Barth, Richard Leakey, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Franco Basaglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Marshall Sahlins ranks 156. Before him are Paul Poupard, Carolyn Jones, Yves Rocher, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, José Águas, and Omara Portuondo. After him are Georgiy Daneliya, Kinji Fukasaku, Anatoly Lukyanov, Thomas Williams, Charles Rangel, and Fritz Wunderlich. Among people deceased in 2021, Marshall Sahlins ranks 151. Before him are Haya Harareet, Hank Aaron, Jimmy Greaves, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Poul Schlüter, and David Yonggi Cho. After him are Volodymyr Holubnychy, Igor Oistrakh, Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, and Ned Beatty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marshall Sahlins ranks 2,920 out of 20,380. Before him are CeeLo Green (1974), Ben Foster (1980), Virginia Henderson (1897), David Baltimore (1938), Ian Somerhalder (1978), and Marcia Gay Harden (1959). After him are Robert Cialdini (1945), Edward Zwick (1952), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Julius Erving (1950), Richard Holbrooke (1941), and George Hamilton (1939).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Marshall Sahlins ranks 9. Before him are Margaret Mead (1901), Ruth Benedict (1887), Clifford Geertz (1926), Marvin Harris (1927), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Ann Dunham (1942). After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ralph Linton (1893), and Gayle Rubin (1949).

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