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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

1727 - 1781

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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne ( toor-GOH; French: [an ʁɔbɛʁ ʒak tyʁɡo]; 10 May 1727 – 18 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot has received more than 417,583 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Anne Robert Jacques Turgot is the 25th most popular economist, the 498th most popular biography from France (down from 471st in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Economist.

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was a French economist and statesman. He is most famous for his work in reforming the French economy.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot ranks 25 out of 414. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Say, Mario Draghi, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Alexander Hamilton, and Jacques Delors. After him are Henri Fayol, Carl Menger, Simon Kuznets, Michael Porter, Herbert A. Simon, and Barack Obama Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot ranks 1. After him are Louise Élisabeth of France, Thomas Gainsborough, Henriette of France, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Jean-Georges Noverre, Empress Xiaoyichun, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Michel Adanson, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau. Among people deceased in 1781, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot ranks 2. Before him is Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. After him are Túpac Amaru II, Mariana Victoria of Spain, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Josef Mysliveček, Ablai Khan, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Faustina Bordoni, Túpac Katari, and John Needham.

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In France

Among people born in France, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot ranks 498 out of 6,770. Before him are Christine Lagarde (1956), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), William II of England (1056), and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045). After him are André Citroën (1878), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Paul Sabatier (1854), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), and Paul Langevin (1872).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot ranks 6. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto (1848), Frédéric Passy (1822), François Quesnay (1694), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), and Jacques Delors (1925). After him are Léon Walras (1834), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Maurice Allais (1911), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), and Gérard Debreu (1921).

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