1953 - Today
Ben Shalom Bernanke ( bər-NANG-kee; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Federal Reserve, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis, for which he was named the 2009 Time Person of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Bernanke has received more than 3,541,358 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ben Bernanke is the 173rd most popular economist (down from 172nd in 2019), the 2,672nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,727th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Ben Bernanke ranks 173 out of 315. Before him are Peter Diamond, Wilhelm Röpke, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Oliver Hart, and Thomas Piketty. After him are Lionel Robbins, Nikolay Danilevsky, Harriet Martineau, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Hyman Minsky, and Walter Eucken.
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 167
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 168
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 169
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 170
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 171
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 172
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 173
1898 - 1984
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 174
1822 - 1885
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 175
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 176
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 177
1919 - 1996
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 178
1891 - 1950
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 179
Among people born in 1953, Ben Bernanke ranks 98. Before him are Lloyd Austin, Bill Nunn, Antonio Tajani, Huub Stevens, Jerome Powell, and Manfred Kaltz. After him are Kiti Mánver, Ivo Sanader, Ulrich Mühe, James Remar, Jeb Bush, and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 92
1953 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 93
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 94
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 95
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 96
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 97
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 98
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 99
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 100
1953 - 2007
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 101
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 102
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 103
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 104
Among people born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 2,672 out of 18,182. Before him are John W. Campbell (1910), Dan Flavin (1933), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Tito Puente (1923), Philip Abelson (1913), and Jeff Daniels (1955). After him are James M. Cain (1892), Besse Cooper (1896), Randy Rhoads (1956), Frank Miller (1957), Julie Newmar (1933), and Cicely Tyson (1924).
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,666
1933 - 1996
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,667
1807 - 1891
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,668
1923 - 2000
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,669
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,670
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,671
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,672
1892 - 1977
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,673
1896 - 2012
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,674
1956 - 1982
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,675
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,676
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,677
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,678
Among economists born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 56. Before him are Daniel McFadden (1937), James Heckman (1944), Robert F. Engle (1942), Frank Knight (1885), Paul Milgrom (1948), and Peter Diamond (1940). After him are Hyman Minsky (1919), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Paul Romer (1955), Henry George (1839), Chester Barnard (1886), and Roger Myerson (1951).
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 50
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 51
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 52
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 53
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 55
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 56
1919 - 1996
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 57
1931 - 2023
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 58
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 59
1839 - 1897
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 60
1886 - 1961
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 61
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 62