Niklas Luhmann Biography
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Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann (; German: [ˈluːman]; December 8, 1927 – November 11, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niklas Luhmann has received more than 758,523 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019) . Niklas Luhmann is the 14th most popular sociologist (down from 12th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Germany (down from 446th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Sociologist.

Niklas Luhmann is most famous for his contributions to the study of social systems. He is often considered one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th century.