1961 - Today
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (pronounced [obʱidʒit bɛnardʒi]; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian-born naturalized American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT based global research center promoting the use of scientific evidence to inform poverty alleviation strategies. In 2019, Banerjee shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." He and Esther Duflo are married, and became the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel or Nobel Memorial Prize.In addition to his academic appointments, Banerjee is a fellow of the Econometric Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abhijit Banerjee has received more than 2,749,796 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Abhijit Banerjee is the 297th most popular economist (down from 239th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from India (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Economist.
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Among economists, Abhijit Banerjee ranks 297 out of 315. Before him are José Luis Sampedro, Robert Rubin, Bernard Lietaer, Paul A. Baran, Charles P. Kindleberger, and James Steuart. After him are Michel Chossudovsky, Leonid Abalkin, Walter Block, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, José Ángel Gurría, and Henry Charles Carey.
1917 - 2013
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 291
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 292
1942 - 2019
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 293
1909 - 1964
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 294
1910 - 2003
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 295
1712 - 1780
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 296
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 298
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 299
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 300
1868 - 1931
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 301
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 302
1793 - 1879
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 303
Among people born in 1961, Abhijit Banerjee ranks 219. Before him are Kati Outinen, James Worthy, Darryl Jones, Marc-André Hamelin, Jonathan Coe, and Matjaž Kek. After him are Larry Mullen Jr., Liu Gang, Greg Egan, Anna Oxa, Darren Star, and John Stockwell.
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 213
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 214
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 215
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 216
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 217
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 218
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 219
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 220
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 221
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 222
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 223
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 224
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 225
Among people born in India, Abhijit Banerjee ranks 546 out of 1,493. Before him are N. T. Rama Rao (1923), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), Basawan (1560), Ali Akbar Khan (1922), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897). After him are K. D. Jadhav (1926), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Launceston Elliot (1874), Shrilal Shukla (1925), and Devika Rani (1908).
1923 - 1996
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 540
1923 - 1982
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 541
1560 - 1600
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 542
1922 - 2009
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 543
1942 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 544
1897 - 1995
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 545
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 546
1926 - 1984
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 547
1878 - 1931
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 548
1924 - 2011
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 549
1874 - 1930
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 550
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 551
1908 - 1994
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 552
Among economists born in India, Abhijit Banerjee ranks 3. Before him are Amartya Sen (1933) and Mahbub ul Haq (1934). After him are Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Raghuram Rajan (1963), Gita Gopinath (1971), and Kshama Sawant (1973).
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 1
1934 - 1998
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 3
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 35.77
Rank: 5
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 18.97
Rank: 7