ECONOMIST

Daron Acemoglu

1967 - Today

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Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (Turkish: [daˈɾon aˈdʒemoːɫu];, Armenian: Տարոն Աճեմօղլու; born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-American economist who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024. Acemoglu ranked third, behind Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw, in the list of "Favorite Living Economists Under Age 60" in a 2011 survey among American economists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daron Acemoglu has received more than 1,125,087 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Daron Acemoglu is the 257th most popular economist (up from 259th in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 958th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Economist.

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  • 6.05

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  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Daron Acemoglu ranks 257 out of 414. Before him are Edward Chamberlin, Alexander Gerschenkron, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Greg Mankiw, and Tony Atkinson. After him are Eugen Varga, Maurice Dobb, Dennis Meadows, Wilhelm Lexis, Nouriel Roubini, and Colin Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Daron Acemoglu ranks 135. Before him are Charb, Peter Thiel, Mira Sorvino, Basile Boli, Henry Ian Cusick, and Masha Gessen. After him are Masatada Ishii, Michael Giacchino, Zinho, Madhuri Dixit, Tom Hollander, and Zakk Wylde.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Daron Acemoglu ranks 841 out of 1,347. Before him are Julia Cornelia Paula (300), Arif Mardin (1932), Basil III of Constantinople (1846), Tarık Akan (1949), Selda Bağcan (1948), and Turgay Şeren (1932). After him are Siamanto (1878), George Mouzalon (1220), Hrachia Acharian (1876), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Mustafa Sandal (1970), and Tigran Chukhajian (1837).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Türkiye

Among economists born in Türkiye, Daron Acemoglu ranks 5. Before him are Henri Fayol (1841), Tansu Çiller (1946), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), and Dani Rodrik (1957). After him are Nouriel Roubini (1958), and Fatih Birol (1958).

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