1927 - 2023
Harry Max Markowitz (August 24, 1927 – June 22, 2023) was an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Markowitz was a professor of finance at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Markowitz has received more than 766,001 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Harry Markowitz is the 82nd most popular economist (down from 71st in 2019), the 1,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 949th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Economist.
Harry Markowitz is most famous for his contributions to the theory of portfolio optimization, which is the process of constructing a portfolio with the best possible risk-adjusted return for a given level of risk.
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Among economists, Harry Markowitz ranks 82 out of 315. Before him are James M. Buchanan, Murray Rothbard, Charles Cooley, Gottfried Feder, Richard Thaler, and Arthur Cecil Pigou. After him are Thomas Mun, Leonid Hurwicz, Edmund Phelps, Cornelius Castoriadis, Gérard Debreu, and Richard Stone.
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 76
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 77
1864 - 1929
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 78
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 79
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 80
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 81
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 82
1571 - 1641
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 83
1917 - 2008
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 84
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 85
1922 - 1997
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 86
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 87
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1927, Harry Markowitz ranks 47. Before him are Gilbert Bécaud, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rosalynn Carter, Rosemary Harris, Juan Almeida Bosque, and John McCarthy. After him are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Andrew Olah, Lois Maxwell, Daniel Keyes, Phil Hill, and Robert Noyce. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Markowitz ranks 41. Before him are Tony Bennett, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Miroslav Blažević, Wolfgang Schäuble, Paul Berg, and Rosalynn Carter. After him are Burt Young, Alain Touraine, Lucile Randon, William Friedkin, Pervez Musharraf, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 41
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 42
1927 - 2023
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 43
1927 - Present
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 44
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 45
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 46
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 47
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 48
1927 - 2017
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 49
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 51
1927 - 2008
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 52
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 53
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 35
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 36
1935 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 37
1942 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 38
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 39
1927 - 2023
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 40
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 41
1940 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 42
1925 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 43
1904 - 2023
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 44
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 45
1943 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 46
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 47
Among people born in United States, Harry Markowitz ranks 1,041 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Renée Zellweger (1969), Jack Kirby (1917), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and John McCarthy (1927). After him are Clifford D. Simak (1904), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Gary Sinise (1955), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Anjelica Huston (1951), and Elisha Otis (1811).
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,035
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,036
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,037
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,038
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,039
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,040
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,041
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 1,042
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,043
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 1,044
1932 - 2006
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 1,045
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,046
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,047
Among economists born in United States, Harry Markowitz ranks 22. Before him are Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), James Tobin (1918), James M. Buchanan (1919), Murray Rothbard (1926), Charles Cooley (1864), and Richard Thaler (1945). After him are Edmund Phelps (1933), Paul Krugman (1953), Lawrence Klein (1920), Merton Miller (1923), George Akerlof (1940), and Douglas McGregor (1906).
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 16
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 17
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 18
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 19
1864 - 1929
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 21
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 23
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 24
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 25
1923 - 2000
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 26
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 27
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 28