1933 - 2020
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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Among economists, James Wolfensohn ranks 272 out of 315. Before 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.
1837 - 1914
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 266
1906 - 1985
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 267
1858 - 1943
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 268
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 269
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 270
1927 - 2011
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 271
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 272
1922 - 2014
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 273
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 274
1876 - 1959
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 275
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 276
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 277
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1933, James Wolfensohn ranks 270. Before 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 325. Before 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.
1933 - 2003
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 264
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 265
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 266
1933 - 2021
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 267
1933 - 2022
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 268
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 269
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 270
1933 - 2022
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 271
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 272
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 273
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 274
1933 - 2023
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 275
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 276
1932 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 319
1940 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 320
1931 - 2020
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 321
1934 - 2020
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 322
1936 - 2020
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 323
1927 - 2020
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 324
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 325
1927 - 2020
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 326
1923 - 2020
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 327
1946 - 2020
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 328
1943 - 2020
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 329
1946 - 2020
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 330
1948 - 2020
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 331
Among people born in Australia, James Wolfensohn ranks 144 out of 925. Before 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).
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 138
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 139
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 140
1902 - 1959
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 141
1800 - 1833
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 142
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 143
1933 - 2020
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 144
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 145
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 146
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 147
1934 - 1994
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 148
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 149
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 150
Among economists born in Australia, James Wolfensohn ranks 1.