Economist

Friedrich Hayek

Anglo-Austrian economist

1899 - 1992

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His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2024). Friedrich Hayek is the 8th most popular economist (down from 7th in 2024), the 48th most popular biography from Austria (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Economist.

Friedrich Hayek is most famous for his work in economics and political philosophy. His most famous work was The Road to Serfdom, which argued that socialism and central planning inevitably lead to totalitarianism.

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Friedrich Hayek ranks #8 of 432 Economists worldwide, placing them among the top 2% of the profession.

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Friedrich Hayek's biography appears in 82 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 97% of all Economists.

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Among Economists

Among economists, Friedrich Hayek ranks 8 out of 432. Before him are Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert A. Simon. After him are Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, François Quesnay, Joseph Schumpeter, and Mario Draghi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Friedrich Hayek ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock, Frederik IX, Al Capone, Lavrentiy Beria, Vladimir Nabokov, and Yasunari Kawabata. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Humphrey Bogart, Macfarlane Burnet, Francis Poulenc, Paul-Henri Spaak, and László Bíró. Among people deceased in 1992, Friedrich Hayek ranks 6. Before him are Marlene Dietrich, Isaac Asimov, Grace Hopper, Alexander Dubček, and Willy Brandt. After him are Astor Piazzolla, Menachem Begin, Mikhail Tal, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, and Francis Bacon.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friedrich Hayek ranks 48 out of 1,589. Before him are Viktor Frankl (1905), Hedy Lamarr (1914), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), and Otto of Greece (1815). After him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), Anton Webern (1883), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Pope Gregory V (972), and Wolfgang Pauli (1900).

Among Economists In Austria

Among economists born in Austria, Friedrich Hayek ranks 1. After him are Karl Polanyi (1886), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Fritz Machlup (1902), Bruno de Finetti (1906), Käthe Leichter (1895), and Gottfried Haberler (1900).

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