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David Landes

1924 - 2013

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David Saul Landes (April 29, 1924 – August 17, 2013) was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University. He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Landes has received more than 161,701 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Landes is the 303rd most popular economist, the 6,550th most popular biography from United States and the 99th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, David Landes ranks 303 out of 414. Before him are Gottfried Haberler, Michael Kremer, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Deirdre McCloskey, Mark Blaug, and Karl Knies. After him are Charles P. Kindleberger, Anna Schwartz, Pietro Verri, Paul A. Baran, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, and Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, David Landes ranks 328. Before him are Pablo Birger, Rudy Van Gelder, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Peter Scholl-Latour, Zahrad, and Norbert Schemansky. After him are Shirley Chisholm, Phyllis Schlafly, Robert Bolt, Lia van Leer, Gunnar Johansson, and César Lattes. Among people deceased in 2013, David Landes ranks 311. Before him are Storm Thorgerson, Hassan Habibi, Alfredo Landa, Bill Sharman, Ole Ernst, and Pyotr Todorovsky. After him are Zlatko Papec, George Jones, Jan Zwartkruis, Antonio Puchades, George Herbig, and Eydie Gormé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Landes ranks 6,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Dolph Schayes (1928), Bernard Edwards (1952), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Henry Thomas (1971), and Dan Reynolds (1987). After him are Ray Barbuti (1905), Mary Anderson (1918), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Cliff Martinez (1954), Eva LaRue (1966), and James LoMenzo (1959).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, David Landes ranks 99. Before him are Herman Daly (1938), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Anthony Downs (1930), Seth Godin (1960), Michael Kremer (1964), and Deirdre McCloskey (1942). After him are Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Anna Schwartz (1915), Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), Walter Block (1941), Lawrence Summers (1954), and John Lipsky (1947).

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