Pantheon has 377 people classified as economists born between 1021 and 1977. Of these 377, 144 (38.20%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living economists include Mario Draghi, Amartya Sen, and Michael Porter. The most famous deceased economists include Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. As of April 2022, 62 new economists have been added to Pantheon including Robert B. Wilson, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, and Paul Milgrom.
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.28
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.65
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.40
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.52
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.43
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.46
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
1883 - 1946
HPI: 81.58
1772 - 1823
HPI: 78.96
1766 - 1834
HPI: 78.87
1806 - 1873
HPI: 78.58
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
1848 - 1923
HPI: 73.85
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.88
1694 - 1774
HPI: 72.55
1842 - 1924
HPI: 72.50
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
1712 - 1759
HPI: 56.28
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.66
1819 - 1905
HPI: 52.50
1866 - 1945
HPI: 52.37
1492 - 1586
HPI: 52.01
1905 - 1989
HPI: 51.43
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
1904 - 1978
HPI: 51.10
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.79
Most economists were born in United States (122), United Kingdom (44), and Germany (36). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (20), London (11), and Paris (9).The most common death places of economists were United States (89), United Kingdom (40), and France (23). By city, these were New York City (17), Paris (12), and Cambridge (10).
The earliest biographies classified as economists in Pantheon are Martín de Azpilcueta, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Wang Anshi. The concentration of economists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier economists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
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Economists are found within the Science & Technology domain which also includes Biologists, Mathematicians, Physicists, Astronomers, and Chemists.