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Ben Bernanke

1953 - Today

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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

Among economists, Ben Bernanke ranks 173 out of 315Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ben Bernanke ranks 98Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 2,672 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 56Before 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).

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