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Peter Drucker

1909 - 2005

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Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; German: [ˈdʀʊkɐ]; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory. He was also a leader in the development of management education, and invented the concepts known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the champion of management as a serious discipline". Drucker's books and articles, both scholarly and popular, explored how humans are organized across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors of society. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Drucker is the 351st most popular writer (down from 326th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 79th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Writer.

Peter Drucker is most famous for his work in the field of management. He is best known for his book, "The Practice of Management."

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Among writers, Peter Drucker ranks 351 out of 7,302. Before him are J. D. Vance, Amos Oz, Eyvind Johnson, Paul Valéry, Simonides of Ceos, and Marguerite Duras. After him are Roald Dahl, Luqman, Giorgos Seferis, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, O. Henry, and John Keats.

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Among people born in 1909, Peter Drucker ranks 14. Before him are Edward Tatum, Mohammed Daoud Khan, U Thant, Francis Bacon, Andrei Gromyko, and Rita Levi-Montalcini. After him are Kwame Nkrumah, Victor Borge, Stanislaw Ulam, Mohammed V of Morocco, Li Xiannian, and Elia Kazan. Among people deceased in 2005, Peter Drucker ranks 11. Before him are Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Claude Simon, Arthur Miller, George Best, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Simon Wiesenthal, Hans Bethe, Rinus Michels, Rafic Hariri, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Omar Sívori.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 92 out of 1,424. Before him are Robert Musil (1880), Carl Czerny (1791), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), Josef Bican (1913), Christoph Waltz (1956), and Maria Anna Mozart (1751). After him are Otto Wagner (1841), Melanie Klein (1882), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Alma Mahler (1879), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), and Saint Florian (250).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Peter Drucker ranks 6. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Peter Handke (1942), and Robert Musil (1880). After him are Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170).

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