Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century".
- Occupation
- sociologist, non-fiction writer, anthropologist
- Position held
- President of the American Sociological Association
- Citizenship
- Canada, United States
- Born
- June 11, 1922
- Died
- November 19, 1982