Economist

Gunnar Myrdal

Swedish economist

1898 - 1987

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Gunnar Myrdal

His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2024). Gunnar Myrdal is the 30th most popular economist (down from 17th in 2024), the 74th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Economist.

Gunnar Myrdal is most famous for his work on racial inequality in the United States.

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Gunnar Myrdal ranks #74 among 2,211 people in Pantheon born in Sweden, inside the top 4% of that group.

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Gunnar Myrdal's biography appears in 72 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Economists.

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Among Economists

Among economists, Gunnar Myrdal ranks 30 out of 432. Before him are Ragnar Frisch, Paul Samuelson, Alexander Hamilton, Jean-Baptiste Say, Joseph Stiglitz, and Amartya Sen. After him are Henri Fayol, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Elinor Ostrom, Charles Cooley, Maurice Allais, and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

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Ragnar Frisch
1895 - 1973
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 24
Paul Samuelson
1915 - 2009
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 25
Alexander Hamilton
1755 - 1804
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 26
Jean-Baptiste Say
1767 - 1832
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 27
Joseph Stiglitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 28
Amartya Sen
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 29
Gunnar Myrdal
1898 - 1987
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 30
Henri Fayol
1841 - 1925
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 31
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1727 - 1781
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 32
Elinor Ostrom
1933 - 2012
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 33
Charles Cooley
1864 - 1929
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 34
Maurice Allais
1911 - 2010
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 35
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk
1851 - 1914
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 36

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Gunnar Myrdal ranks 22. Before him are George Gershwin, C. S. Lewis, Herbert Marcuse, Liu Shaoqi, Karl Ziegler, and Trofim Lysenko. After him are Julius Evola, Hans Krebs, Tamara de Lempicka, Karl Hermann Frank, Rudolf Dassler, and Isidor Isaac Rabi. Among people deceased in 1987, Gunnar Myrdal ranks 13. Before him are Lee Byung-chul, John Howard Northrop, Rita Hayworth, Andrey Kolmogorov, Fred Astaire, and Walter Houser Brattain. After him are Marguerite Yourcenar, William Stuart-Houston, William P. Murphy, Thomas Sankara, Jacques Anquetil, and Pola Negri.

Others Born in 1898

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George Gershwin
COMPOSER
1898 - 1937
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 16
C. S. Lewis
WRITER
1898 - 1963
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 17
Herbert Marcuse
PHILOSOPHER
1898 - 1979
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 18
Liu Shaoqi
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1969
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 19
Karl Ziegler
CHEMIST
1898 - 1973
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 20
Trofim Lysenko
BIOLOGIST
1898 - 1976
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 21
Gunnar Myrdal
ECONOMIST
1898 - 1987
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 22
Julius Evola
PHILOSOPHER
1898 - 1974
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 23
Hans Krebs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1945
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 24
Tamara de Lempicka
PAINTER
1898 - 1980
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 25
Karl Hermann Frank
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1946
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 26
Rudolf Dassler
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1974
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 27
Isidor Isaac Rabi
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1988
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 28

Others Deceased in 1987

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Lee Byung-chul
BUSINESSPERSON
1910 - 1987
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 7
John Howard Northrop
CHEMIST
1891 - 1987
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 8
Rita Hayworth
ACTOR
1918 - 1987
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 9
Andrey Kolmogorov
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1987
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 10
Fred Astaire
ACTOR
1899 - 1987
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 11
Walter Houser Brattain
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 12
Gunnar Myrdal
ECONOMIST
1898 - 1987
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 13
Marguerite Yourcenar
WRITER
1903 - 1987
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 14
William Stuart-Houston
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 1987
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 15
William P. Murphy
PHYSICIAN
1892 - 1987
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 16
Thomas Sankara
POLITICIAN
1949 - 1987
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 17
Jacques Anquetil
CYCLIST
1934 - 1987
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 18
Pola Negri
ACTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 19