ECONOMIST

George Shultz

1920 - 2021

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George Pratt Shultz ( SHUULTS; December 13, 1920 – February 6, 2021) was an American economist, businessman, diplomat and statesman. He served in various positions under two different Republican presidents and is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts, the other being Elliot Richardson. Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration, and conservative foreign policy thought thereafter. Born in New York City, he graduated from Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Shultz has received more than 3,219,481 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). George Shultz is the 172nd most popular economist (up from 224th in 2019), the 2,637th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,946th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, George Shultz ranks 172 out of 414. Before him are Henry George, Henry Sidgwick, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Lionel Robbins, Wilhelm Röpke, and Pierre Leroux. After him are Walter Eucken, Lars Peter Hansen, Gustave de Molinari, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, and Nicholas Kaldor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Shultz ranks 136. Before him are Pran, Jean Starobinski, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, John Maynard Smith, Nobuyuki Kato, and Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani. After him are Jean Carmet, Zao Wou-Ki, Alf Ramsey, Michael Anderson, Philippa Foot, and Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi. Among people deceased in 2021, George Shultz ranks 149. Before him are Stephen Sondheim, Robert Downey Sr., Vladimir Shatalov, Ned Beatty, Borisav Jović, and Kåre Willoch. After him are Kurt Westergaard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dilip Kumar, Nelson Freire, Igor Oistrakh, and El Risitas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Shultz ranks 2,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Sullivan (1942), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Triple H (1969), Anne Schedeen (1949), Johnny Sins (1978), and Steve Guttenberg (1958). After him are Jimmie Angel (1899), Lee Haney (1959), Terry Brooks (1944), Channing Tatum (1980), Dick York (1928), and Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, George Shultz ranks 56. Before him are Peter Diamond (1940), John Bates Clark (1847), William F. Sharpe (1934), Daniel McFadden (1937), Roger Myerson (1951), and Henry George (1839). After him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Jim Rogers (1942), Michael Spence (1943), Frank Knight (1885), and Robert B. Wilson (1937).

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