ECONOMIST
Carl Menger
1840 - 1921
Carl Menger
Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün (; German: [ˈmɛŋɐ]; 28 February 1840 – 26 February 1921) was an Austrian economist and the founder of the Austrian school of economics. Menger contributed to the development of the theories of marginalism and marginal utility, which rejected cost-of-production theory of value, such as developed by the classical economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Menger has received more than 517,482 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Carl Menger is the 27th most popular economist, the 84th most popular biography from Poland (down from 82nd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Economist.
Carl Menger is most famous for his theory of marginal utility. He argued that the value of a good or service is not determined by the total quantity of it, but rather by the last unit consumed.
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Among ECONOMISTS
Among economists, Carl Menger ranks 27 out of 414. Before him are Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Alexander Hamilton, Jacques Delors, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and Henri Fayol. After him are Simon Kuznets, Michael Porter, Herbert A. Simon, Barack Obama Sr., William Petty, and Elinor Ostrom.
Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia
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1933 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 21
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1943 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 22
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1755 - 1804
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 23
Jacques Delors
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HPI: 68.19
Rank: 24
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
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HPI: 68.05
Rank: 25
Henri Fayol
1841 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 26
Carl Menger
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 27
Simon Kuznets
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 28
Michael Porter
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 29
Herbert A. Simon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 30
Barack Obama Sr.
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 31
William Petty
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 32
Elinor Ostrom
1933 - 2012
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 33
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1840, Carl Menger ranks 11. Before him are Crazy Horse, Murad V, Victoria, Princess Royal, Alphonse Daudet, Odilon Redon, and Edward Drinker Cope. After him are Ernst Abbe, Carlota of Mexico, John Boyd Dunlop, August Bebel, Father Damien, and Per Teodor Cleve. Among people deceased in 1921, Carl Menger ranks 7. Before him are Enrico Caruso, Camille Saint-Saëns, Peter Kropotkin, Gabriel Lippmann, Peter I of Serbia, and Ludwig III of Bavaria. After him are Alfred Hermann Fried, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Talaat Pasha, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Nicholas I of Montenegro, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg.
Others Born in 1840
Go to all RankingsCrazy Horse
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1877
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 5
Murad V
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1904
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 6
Victoria, Princess Royal
COMPANION
1840 - 1901
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 7
Alphonse Daudet
WRITER
1840 - 1897
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 8
Odilon Redon
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 9
Edward Drinker Cope
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 10
Carl Menger
ECONOMIST
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 11
Ernst Abbe
PHYSICIST
1840 - 1905
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 12
Carlota of Mexico
COMPANION
1840 - 1927
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 13
John Boyd Dunlop
INVENTOR
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 14
August Bebel
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1913
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 15
Father Damien
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1840 - 1889
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 16
Per Teodor Cleve
CHEMIST
1840 - 1905
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 17
Others Deceased in 1921
Go to all RankingsEnrico Caruso
SINGER
1873 - 1921
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 1
Camille Saint-Saëns
COMPOSER
1835 - 1921
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 2
Peter Kropotkin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 3
Gabriel Lippmann
PHYSICIST
1845 - 1921
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 4
Peter I of Serbia
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 5
Ludwig III of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 6
Carl Menger
ECONOMIST
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 7
Alfred Hermann Fried
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 8
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1921
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 9
Talaat Pasha
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1921
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 10
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1921
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 11
Nicholas I of Montenegro
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1921
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 12
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1921
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 13
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Carl Menger ranks 84 out of 1,694. Before him are Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Kurt Alder (1902), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761), and Andrzej Sapkowski (1948). After him are Robert Luther (1822), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Norbert Elias (1897), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833), and Benoit Mandelbrot (1924).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsCasimir IV Jagiellon
POLITICIAN
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 78
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 79
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 80
Catherine Jagiellon
POLITICIAN
1526 - 1583
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 81
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
NOBLEMAN
1761 - 1818
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 82
Andrzej Sapkowski
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 83
Carl Menger
ECONOMIST
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 84
Robert Luther
ASTRONOMER
1822 - 1900
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 85
Friedrich Bergius
CHEMIST
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 86
Norbert Elias
SOCIOLOGIST
1897 - 1990
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 87
Isidor Isaac Rabi
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1988
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 88
Ferdinand von Richthofen
GEOGRAPHER
1833 - 1905
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 89
Benoit Mandelbrot
MATHEMATICIAN
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 90
Among ECONOMISTS In Poland
Among economists born in Poland, Carl Menger ranks 1. After him are Reinhard Selten (1930), Michał Kalecki (1899), Oskar R. Lange (1904), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Leszek Balcerowicz (1947), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), Henryk Grossman (1881), Zyta Gilowska (1949), and Sławomir Skrzypek (1963).
Carl Menger
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 1
Reinhard Selten
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 2
Michał Kalecki
1899 - 1970
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 3
Oskar R. Lange
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 4
Leopold von Wiese
1876 - 1969
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 5
Leszek Balcerowicz
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 6
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 7
Henryk Grossman
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 8
Zyta Gilowska
1949 - 2016
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 9
Sławomir Skrzypek
1963 - 2010
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 10