ECONOMIST

George Stigler

1911 - 1991

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George Joseph Stigler (; January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was an American economist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Stigler has received more than 577,923 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. George Stigler is the 128th most popular economist (down from 121st in 2019), the 1,769th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,624th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Economist.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, George Stigler ranks 128 out of 414. Before him are Lucas Papademos, Harriet Martineau, Knut Wicksell, Robert J. Shiller, Tjalling Koopmans, and Alan Greenspan. After him are John Harsanyi, James Meade, Eugene Fama, Ernest Mandel, Christopher A. Sims, and Robert C. Merton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, George Stigler ranks 75. Before him are Feodor Lynen, Lee J. Cobb, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Luis Walter Alvarez, Jussi Björling, and William Stuart-Houston. After him are Maria Reiter, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Roberto Matta, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Ball, and Thanom Kittikachorn. Among people deceased in 1991, George Stigler ranks 56. Before him are Robert Maxwell, Alfonso García Robles, Princess Ileana of Romania, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Roddenberry, and Christian de Castries. After him are Aladár Gerevich, Eric Carr, W. Arthur Lewis, Brad Davis, Boris Pugo, and Jerzy Kosiński.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stigler ranks 1,769 out of 20,380. Before him are Brion James (1945), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Madeleine Stowe (1958), June Carter Cash (1929), and Coolio (1963). After him are Paul Michael Glaser (1943), Eva Mendes (1974), Iris Apfel (1921), Clement Greenberg (1909), Elizabeth George (1949), and Donna Reed (1921).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, George Stigler ranks 40. Before him are William Nordhaus (1941), Merton Miller (1923), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Robert J. Shiller (1946), and Alan Greenspan (1926). After him are Eugene Fama (1939), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Robert C. Merton (1944), Robert Fogel (1926), James Heckman (1944), and Vernon L. Smith (1927).

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