1931 - Today
Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American political activist, and former United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers. On January 3, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Ellsberg has received more than 3,087,718 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Daniel Ellsberg is the 148th most popular economist (up from 150th in 2019), the 2,205th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,148th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Daniel Ellsberg ranks 148 out of 315. Before him are Ernst Engel, James Mirrlees, Bingu wa Mutharika, Michael Spence, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Gustav von Schmoller. After him are Chester Barnard, Frank Knight, Michał Kalecki, Peter Diamond, Angus Deaton, and Christopher A. Sims.
1821 - 1896
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 142
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 143
1934 - 2012
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 144
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 145
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 146
1838 - 1917
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 147
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 148
1886 - 1961
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 149
1885 - 1972
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 150
1899 - 1970
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 151
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 152
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 153
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 154
Among people born in 1931, Daniel Ellsberg ranks 108. Before him are Hirokazu Kanazawa, John Charles, Stig Anderson, Claire Bloom, Nikolai Chernykh, and Robert Morris. After him are Rip Torn, Ermanno Olmi, Alfred Schmidt, Toshiki Kaifu, Josep Lluís Núñez, and Leslie Caron.
1931 - 2019
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 102
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 103
1931 - 1997
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 104
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 105
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 106
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 107
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 108
1931 - 2019
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 109
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 110
1931 - 2012
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 111
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 112
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 113
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 114
Among people born in United States, Daniel Ellsberg ranks 2,205 out of 15,968. Before him are Joe Lynn Turner (1951), Gary Ridgway (1949), Betty Friedan (1921), Douglas Osheroff (1945), Irvin Kershner (1923), and Edith Head (1897). After him are J. C. R. Licklider (1915), Jon Favreau (1966), Edward Witten (1951), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), John Cusack (1966), and J. J. Abrams (1966).
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2,199
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2,200
1921 - 2006
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2,201
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2,202
1923 - 2010
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2,203
1897 - 1981
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 2,204
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 2,205
1915 - 1990
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 2,206
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 2,207
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 2,208
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 2,209
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 2,210
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 2,211
Among economists born in United States, Daniel Ellsberg ranks 48. Before him are Robert Reich (1946), William F. Sharpe (1934), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Robert C. Merton (1944), and Michael Spence (1943). After him are Chester Barnard (1886), Frank Knight (1885), Peter Diamond (1940), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Robert F. Engle (1942), and James Heckman (1944).
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 42
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 43
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 46
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 47
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 48
1886 - 1961
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 49
1885 - 1972
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 50
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 51
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 52
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 53
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 54