1906 - 1964
Douglas Murray McGregor (1906 – 1 October 1964) was an American management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president of Antioch College from 1948 to 1954. He also taught at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas McGregor has received more than 279,771 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Douglas McGregor is the 93rd most popular economist (up from 113th in 2019), the 1,296th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,421st in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Economist.
Douglas Mcgregor is most famous for his theory of the "Invisible Hand" in which he argues that the self-interest of the individual will lead to the best outcome for society.
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Among economists, Douglas McGregor ranks 93 out of 315. Before him are Thomas Mun, Jean-Claude Trichet, Leonid Hurwicz, Vernon L. Smith, Mario Draghi, and Clara Ponsatí. After him are Alan Greenspan, Gérard Debreu, Jeremy Rifkin, William Beveridge, Richard Cantillon, and Thomas Schelling.
1571 - 1641
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 87
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 88
1917 - 2008
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 89
1927 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 90
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 91
1957 - Present
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 92
1906 - 1964
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 93
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 94
1921 - 2004
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 95
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 96
1879 - 1963
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 97
1680 - 1734
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 98
1921 - 2016
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 99
Among people born in 1906, Douglas McGregor ranks 65. Before him are James Hadley Chase, Nelson Goodman, Muzafer Sherif, Primo Carnera, Ettore Majorana, and André Weil. After him are Yasuo Haruyama, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Gusztáv Sebes, Heinz Harmel, Vera Menchik, and Lillian Asplund. Among people deceased in 1964, Douglas McGregor ranks 33. Before him are Paulino Alcántara, Alexandre Koyré, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Emilio Aguinaldo, Sam Cooke, and Sigfrid Edström. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Maurice Thorez, J. B. S. Haldane, Heinrich Neuhaus, August Sander, and Peter Lorre.
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 59
1906 - 1998
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 60
1906 - 1988
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 61
1906 - 1967
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 62
1906 - 1959
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 63
1906 - 1998
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 64
1906 - 1964
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 65
1906 - 1987
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 66
1906 - 1969
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 67
1906 - 1986
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 68
1906 - 2000
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 69
1906 - 1944
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 70
1906 - 2006
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 71
1896 - 1964
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 27
1892 - 1964
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 28
1897 - 1964
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 29
1869 - 1964
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 30
1931 - 1964
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 31
1870 - 1964
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 32
1906 - 1964
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 33
1877 - 1964
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 34
1900 - 1964
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 35
1892 - 1964
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 36
1888 - 1964
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 37
1876 - 1964
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 38
1904 - 1964
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 39
Among people born in United States, Douglas McGregor ranks 1,296 out of 15,968. Before him are Edward Tatum (1909), William Carlos Williams (1883), Tecumseh (1768), Ted Turner (1938), Harry Harrison (1925), and Henry Norris Russell (1877). After him are Ben Stiller (1965), Alan Alda (1936), Wesley Snipes (1962), Art Blakey (1919), Candice Bergen (1946), and Bob Kahn (1938).
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 1,290
1883 - 1963
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 1,291
1768 - 1813
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 1,292
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,293
1925 - 2012
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 1,294
1877 - 1957
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1,295
1906 - 1964
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1,296
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 1,297
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 1,298
1962 - Present
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 1,299
1919 - 1990
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 1,300
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 1,301
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 1,302
Among economists born in United States, Douglas McGregor ranks 27. Before him are Harry Markowitz (1927), George Akerlof (1940), Richard Thaler (1945), James M. Buchanan (1919), Edmund Phelps (1933), and Vernon L. Smith (1927). After him are Alan Greenspan (1926), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Thomas Schelling (1921), Lawrence Klein (1920), George Stigler (1911), and Merton Miller (1923).
1927 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 22
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 23
1919 - 2013
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 24
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 25
1927 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 26
1906 - 1964
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 27
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 28
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 29
1921 - 2016
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 30
1920 - 2013
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 31
1911 - 1991
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 32
1923 - 2000
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 33