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Ernst Engel

1821 - 1896

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Ernst Engel (; German: [ˈɛŋəl]; 26 March 1821 – 8 December 1896) was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and Engel's law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Engel has received more than 70,140 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ernst Engel is the 142nd most popular economist, the 1,533rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,648th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ernst Engel ranks 142 out of 315. Before him are Joan Robinson, Bingu wa Mutharika, Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, and Jeremy Rifkin. After him are James Mirrlees, William F. Sharpe, Benedetto Cotrugli, Christopher A. Sims, Gustav von Schmoller, and Lucas Papademos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Ernst Engel ranks 26. Before him are Nikolay Nekrasov, Wilhelm Tempel, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Giovanni Bottesini, Sebastian Kneipp, and Anita Garibaldi. After him are Eduard Heine, Henry Thomas Buckle, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Bartolomé Mitre, Franz Doppler, and Vasile Alecsandri. Among people deceased in 1896, Ernst Engel ranks 26. Before him are John Langdon Down, Richard Avenarius, Frederic Leighton, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Ichiyō Higuchi. After him are Maurice de Hirsch, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Emma Darwin, Ante Starčević, Ernst Curtius, and Heinrich von Treitschke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Engel ranks 1,533 out of 6,142. Before him are Michael Fassbender (1977), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Tarkan (1972), Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807), Ferdinand Ries (1784), and Erich Naumann (1905). After him are Walter Warlimont (1894), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Hemma (800), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Conrad Celtes (1459), and Carl Schuhmann (1869).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Ernst Engel ranks 16. Before him are Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Adolph Wagner (1835), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), and Ernest Mandel (1923). After him are Gustav von Schmoller (1838), Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), Wilhelm Röpke (1899), Walter Eucken (1891), Lujo Brentano (1844), and Adam Müller (1779).

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