The Most Famous
ECONOMISTS from Zambia
This page contains a list of the greatest Zambian Economists. The pantheon dataset contains 414 Economists, 2 of which were born in Zambia. This makes Zambia the birth place of the 29th most number of Economists behind Romania, and Indonesia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Zambian Economists of all time. This list of famous Zambian Economists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Stanley Fischer (b. 1943)
With an HPI of 54.37, Stanley Fischer is the most famous Zambian Economist. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Stanley Fischer (Hebrew: סטנלי פישר; born October 15, 1943) is an Israeli-American economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013. Born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), he holds dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. He previously served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and as Chief Economist of the World Bank. On January 10, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Fischer to the position of Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve. He is a senior advisor at BlackRock. On September 6, 2017, Stanley Fischer announced that he was resigning as Vice-Chair for personal reasons effective October 13, 2017, two days before his 74th birthday.
2. Dambisa Moyo (b. 1969)
With an HPI of 32.79, Dambisa Moyo is the 2nd most famous Zambian Economist. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Dambisa Felicia Moyo, Baroness Moyo (born 2 February 1969) is a Zambian-born economist and author, known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs. She has written five books, including four New York Times bestsellers: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (2009), How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead (2011), Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World (2012), Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018), and How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World (2021).
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Zambian economists born between 1943 and 1969. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Zambian economists include Stanley Fischer, and Dambisa Moyo.
