1936 - 2018
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees (5 July 1936 – 29 August 2018) was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Mirrlees has received more than 186,248 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). James Mirrlees is the 143rd most popular economist, the 1,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,302nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Economist.
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Among economists, James Mirrlees ranks 143 out of 315. Before him are Bingu wa Mutharika, Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Jeremy Rifkin, and Ernst Engel. After him are William F. Sharpe, Benedetto Cotrugli, Christopher A. Sims, Gustav von Schmoller, Lucas Papademos, and Christopher A. Pissarides.
1934 - 2012
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 137
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 139
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 140
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 141
1821 - 1896
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 142
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 143
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 144
1416 - 1469
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 145
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 146
1838 - 1917
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 147
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 148
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 149
Among people born in 1936, James Mirrlees ranks 100. Before him are Wolf Biermann, Solomon Burke, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Christine Nöstlinger, Christiane Martel, and Didier Ratsiraka. After him are Nicos Poulantzas, Al Oerter, Aleida March, Gianni Vattimo, André Kolingba, and Dan Inosanto. Among people deceased in 2018, James Mirrlees ranks 77. Before him are Eunice Gayson, Leon M. Lederman, Robert Faurisson, Aharon Appelfeld, Tom Wolfe, and Christine Nöstlinger. After him are Hayden White, John Gavin, Thomas A. Steitz, Alan Bean, Ermanno Olmi, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza.
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 94
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 95
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 96
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 97
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 98
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 99
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 100
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 101
1936 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 102
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 103
1936 - 2023
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 104
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 105
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 106
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 71
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 72
1929 - 2018
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 73
1932 - 2018
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 74
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 75
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 76
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 77
1928 - 2018
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 78
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 79
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 80
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 81
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 82
1922 - 2018
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 83
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Mirrlees ranks 1,176 out of 7,765. Before him are James Lind (1716), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Frank Lloyd (1886), Alice Keppel (1868), Stephen Fry (1957), and Robert Recorde (1512). After him are Chris Patten (1944), Peter Collins (1931), Edward Bach (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884).
1716 - 1794
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,170
1375 - 1415
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,171
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,172
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,173
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,174
1512 - 1558
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,175
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,176
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,177
1931 - 1958
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,178
1886 - 1936
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,179
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,180
1287 - 1330
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,181
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,182
Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Mirrlees ranks 21. Before him are Thomas Mun (1571), Richard Stone (1913), James Meade (1907), Clive Granger (1934), Joan Robinson (1903), and Angus Deaton (1945). After him are Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Oliver Hart (1948), Lionel Robbins (1898), Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), and Henry Sidgwick (1838).
1571 - 1641
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 15
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 16
1907 - 1995
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 17
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 18
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 19
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 20
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 21
1910 - 1993
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 23
1898 - 1984
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 24
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 25
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 26
1838 - 1900
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 27