1918 - 2003
Franco Modigliani (18 June 1918 – 25 September 2003) was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Modigliani has received more than 409,717 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Franco Modigliani is the 58th most popular economist (up from 67th in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from Italy (up from 927th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Economist.
Franco Modigliani is most famous for his work on the life cycle hypothesis. He argued that the trade-off between consumption and investment is not a trade-off between two goods. Rather, it is a trade-off between present and future consumption.
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Among economists, Franco Modigliani ranks 58 out of 315. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Maurice Allais, Robert Mundell, W. Edwards Deming, Irving Fisher, and John Kenneth Galbraith. After him are Bertil Ohlin, Robert Solow, Theodore Schultz, William Stanley Jevons, Oliver E. Williamson, and Henry Mintzberg.
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 52
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 53
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 54
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 55
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 56
1908 - 2006
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 57
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 58
1899 - 1979
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 59
1924 - 2023
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 60
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 61
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 62
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 63
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 64
Among people born in 1918, Franco Modigliani ranks 25. Before him are Jørn Utzon, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, William Holden, Billy Graham, Chaim Herzog, and Rosalia Lombardo. After him are W. Eugene Smith, Frederick Reines, Maurice Druon, James Tobin, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Muriel Spark. Among people deceased in 2003, Franco Modigliani ranks 25. Before him are Gianni Agnelli, Leopoldo Galtieri, Maurice Blanchot, Elia Kazan, Richard Crenna, and Compay Segundo. After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Luciano Berio, Nǃxau ǂToma, Zoran Đinđić, David Dacko, and Horst Buchholz.
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 19
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 21
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 22
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 23
1918 - 1920
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 24
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 25
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 26
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 27
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 28
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 29
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 30
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 31
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 19
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 20
1907 - 2003
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 21
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 22
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 23
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 24
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 25
1916 - 2003
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 26
1925 - 2003
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 27
1944 - 2003
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 28
1952 - 2003
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 29
1930 - 2003
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 30
1933 - 2003
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 31
Among people born in Italy, Franco Modigliani ranks 849 out of 4,668. Before him are Giovanna of Italy (1907), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Francesco Hayez (1791), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Maurizio Gucci (1948), and Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806). After him are Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Andrea Pisano (1290), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Domenichino (1581), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), and Orazio Gentileschi (1563).
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 843
1475 - 1497
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 844
1791 - 1882
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 845
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 846
1948 - 1995
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 847
1806 - 1878
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 848
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 849
1706 - 1785
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 850
1290 - 1348
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 851
1810 - 1842
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 852
1581 - 1641
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 853
1658 - 1709
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 854
1563 - 1639
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 855
Among economists born in Italy, Franco Modigliani ranks 2. Before him are Mario Draghi (1947). After him are Piero Sraffa (1898), Giovanni Arrighi (1937), Pier Carlo Padoan (1950), Alberto Alesina (1957), and Daniele Archibugi (1958).
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 1
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 3
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 5
1957 - 2020
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.46
Rank: 7