1920 - 2021
George Pratt Shultz (; 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 2,978,601 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). George Shultz is the 226th most popular economist (down from 211th in 2019), the 3,957th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,997th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, George Shultz ranks 226 out of 315. Before him are Jon Elster, Benjamin Tucker, E. F. Schumacher, Henry Hazlitt, Giovanni Arrighi, and Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert. After him are Fritz Machlup, Colin Clark, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Étienne Laspeyres, Mahbub ul Haq, and Harold Innis.
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 220
1854 - 1939
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 221
1911 - 1977
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 222
1894 - 1993
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 223
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 224
1646 - 1714
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 225
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 226
1902 - 1983
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 227
1905 - 1989
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 228
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 229
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 230
1934 - 1998
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 231
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 232
Among people born in 1920, George Shultz ranks 181. Before him are Marie Tharp, Cornelius Ryan, Lewis Gilbert, William Conrad, Milton George Henschel, and José Gonzalvo. After him are Mahendra of Nepal, Jack Lord, Patrick Troughton, Fons Rademakers, Leo McKern, and Fiorenzo Magni. Among people deceased in 2021, George Shultz ranks 295. Before him are Jim Steinman, Yevhen Marchuk, Lars Norén, Jaime Lerner, B. J. Thomas, and Marie-Claire Blais. After him are Robert Bly, Michael Nesmith, Gunilla Bergström, István Csom, Udo Zimmermann, and Otar Patsatsia.
1920 - 2006
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 175
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 176
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 177
1920 - 1994
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 178
1920 - 2003
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 179
1920 - 1978
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 180
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 181
1920 - 1972
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 182
1920 - 1998
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 183
1920 - 1987
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 184
1920 - 2007
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 185
1920 - 2002
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 186
1920 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 187
1947 - 2021
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 289
1941 - 2021
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 290
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 291
1937 - 2021
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 292
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 293
1939 - 2021
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 294
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 295
1926 - 2021
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 296
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 297
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 298
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 299
1943 - 2021
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 300
1929 - 2021
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 301
Among people born in United States, George Shultz ranks 3,957 out of 18,182. Before him are David Janssen (1931), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Jennifer Lee (1971), John Carlos (1945), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), and Robert M. Pirsig (1928). After him are Dave Grohl (1969), Tom Atkins (1935), Lana Wood (1946), Walter Short (1880), Robert Mulligan (1925), and Sean Astin (1971).
1931 - 1980
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3,951
1905 - 1956
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3,952
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3,953
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3,954
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 3,955
1928 - 2017
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,956
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,957
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,958
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,959
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,960
1880 - 1949
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,961
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,962
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3,963
Among economists born in United States, George Shultz ranks 77. Before him are Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), William Baumol (1922), Thomas Sowell (1930), David D. Friedman (1945), Benjamin Tucker (1854), and Henry Hazlitt (1894). After him are Eric Maskin (1950), Greg Mankiw (1958), John R. Commons (1862), Edward Chamberlin (1899), Leo Huberman (1903), and Ellen Swallow Richards (1842).
1928 - 1980
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 71
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 72
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 73
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 74
1854 - 1939
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 75
1894 - 1993
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 76
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 78
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 79
1862 - 1945
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 80
1899 - 1967
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 81
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 82
1842 - 1911
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 83