1670 - 1733
Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist, satirist, writer and physician. Born in Rotterdam, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Mandeville has received more than 288,960 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bernard Mandeville is the 48th most popular economist (down from 40th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Economist.
Bernard Mandeville was a Dutch philosopher who was most famous for his book The Fable of the Bees. In it, he argued that private vices, like greed, envy, and vanity, are actually public virtues.
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Among economists, Bernard Mandeville ranks 48 out of 315. Before him are Gary Becker, Jacques Attali, Jan Tinbergen, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Frédéric Bastiat, and John Hicks. After him are Douglass North, Werner Sombart, Kenneth Arrow, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Maurice Allais, and Robert Mundell.
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 42
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 43
1903 - 1994
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 44
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 45
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 46
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 47
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 48
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 49
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 50
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 51
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 52
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 53
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1670, Bernard Mandeville ranks 2. Before him is Augustus II the Strong. After him are Antonio Caldara, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, John Toland, Giovanni Bononcini, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje. Among people deceased in 1733, Bernard Mandeville ranks 3. Before him are Augustus II the Strong and François Couperin. After him are Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Georg Böhm, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Pieter van der Aa, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Robert de Visée, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Nicolas Coustou, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 1
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 2
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 3
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 4
1670 - 1748
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 5
1670 - 1734
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 6
1670 - 1722
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 7
1670 - 1747
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 8
1670 - 1734
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 9
1670 - 1720
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 10
1670 - 1731
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 11
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 12
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 1
1668 - 1733
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 2
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 3
1691 - 1733
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 4
1661 - 1733
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 5
1667 - 1733
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 6
1659 - 1733
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 7
1676 - 1733
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 8
1650 - 1733
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 9
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 10
1658 - 1733
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 11
1700 - 1733
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 80 out of 1,427. Before him are Hugo de Vries (1848), Carel Fabritius (1622), Jan Oort (1900), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Sophia of Hanover (1630), and Cornelius Jansen (1585). After him are Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Bernard Haitink (1929), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), Geert Hofstede (1928), Judith Leyster (1609), and Lucas van Leyden (1494).
1848 - 1935
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 74
1622 - 1654
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 75
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 76
1592 - 1656
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 77
1630 - 1714
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 78
1585 - 1638
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 79
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 80
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 81
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 82
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 83
1928 - 2020
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 84
1609 - 1660
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 85
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 86
Among economists born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 2. Before him are Jan Tinbergen (1903). After him are Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Mark Blaug (1927), Euclid Tsakalotos (1960), and Guido Imbens (1963).
1903 - 1994
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 2
1910 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3
1927 - 2011
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 4
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 5
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 6