ECONOMIST

Fatih Birol

1958 - Today

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Fatih Birol (born 22 March 1958) is a Turkish economist and energy expert, who has served as the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 1 September 2015. During his time in charge of the IEA, he has taken a series of steps to modernise the Paris-based international organisation, including strengthening ties with emerging economies like India and China and stepping up work on the clean energy transition and international efforts to reach net zero emissions. Birol was on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2021, has been named by Forbes magazine among the most influential people on the world's energy scene and recognised by the Financial Times in 2017 as Energy Personality of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatih Birol has received more than 185,791 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Fatih Birol is the 348th most popular economist, the 1,035th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 7th most popular Turkish Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Fatih Birol ranks 348 out of 414. Before him are José Ángel Gurría, Sri Mulyani, Don Patinkin, Erik Lindahl, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, and Bjørn Lomborg. After him are Martin Wolf, Edith Abbott, Ester Boserup, Justin Yifu Lin, Euclid Tsakalotos, and Rose Friedman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Fatih Birol ranks 352. Before him are Henrik Svensmark, Stephan Weil, You Xie, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Thierry Tusseau, and Babyface. After him are André Kuipers, Juliano Mer-Khamis, James McCaffrey, Curt Hennig, Francesco Damiani, and Sean Michaels.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Fatih Birol ranks 1,035 out of 1,347. Before him are Özge Gürel (1987), Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Volkan Demirel (1981), Acun Ilıcalı (1969), and Necil Kazım Akses (1908). After him are Varlam Avanesov (1884), Cyril Mango (1928), Leo Tornikios (1100), Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914), Can Dündar (1961), and Sabiha Bengütaş (1904).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Türkiye

Among economists born in Türkiye, Fatih Birol ranks 7. Before him are Henri Fayol (1841), Tansu Çiller (1946), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Dani Rodrik (1957), Daron Acemoglu (1967), and Nouriel Roubini (1958).

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