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ECONOMIST

James Wolfensohn

1933 - 2020

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Sir James David Wolfensohn (1 December 1933 – 25 November 2020) was an Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group (1995–2005). During his tenure at the World Bank, he is credited with the focus on poverty alleviation and a rethink on development financing, earning him recognition as a banker to the world's poor. In his other roles, he is credited with actions that brought Chrysler Corporation back from the brink of bankruptcy, and also improving the finances of major United States cultural institutions, including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He served two terms as President of the World Bank on the nomination of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wolfensohn has received more than 324,655 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James Wolfensohn is the 272nd most popular economist (down from 266th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Australia (up from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Economist.

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  • 48.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Wolfensohn ranks 272 out of 315Before him are Wilhelm Lexis, Bruno de Finetti, Beatrice Webb, Arthur Laffer, Haruhiko Kuroda, and Mark Blaug. After him are Gordon Tullock, Deirdre McCloskey, Max O. Lorenz, Esther Duflo, Nouriel Roubini, and Robert Barro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, James Wolfensohn ranks 270Before him are Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Nicolae Rainea, Ayako Wakao, Jonathan Penrose, Titus Buberník, and H. D. Deve Gowda. After him are Bob Rafelson, Wayne Rogers, Najah al-Attar, René Felber, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, and Nicholas Pileggi. Among people deceased in 2020, James Wolfensohn ranks 325Before him are Maria Itkina, Rajendra K. Pachauri, John Baldessari, Shirley Douglas, Alex Olmedo, and Jan Myrdal. After him are David Dinkins, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Wes Unseld, Luis Eduardo Aute, Goyo Benito, and Martin Birch.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, James Wolfensohn ranks 144 out of 925Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), Jacki Weaver (1947), Miranda Kerr (1983), Albert Namatjira (1902), Yagan (1800), and Ben Mendelsohn (1969). After him are Abbie Cornish (1982), Tim Schenken (1943), Rick Springfield (1949), Lew Hoad (1934), Malcolm Fraser (1930), and Jesse Spencer (1979).

Among ECONOMISTS In Australia

Among economists born in Australia, James Wolfensohn ranks 1