Economist

Jean-Baptiste Say

1767 - 1832

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His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Jean-Baptiste Say is the 27th most popular economist (down from 19th in 2024), the 493rd most popular biography from France (down from 407th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Economist.

Jean-Baptiste Say is most famous for his law of markets, which states that supply creates its own demand.

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Among Economists

Among economists, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 27 out of 414. Before him are William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., Ragnar Frisch, Paul Samuelson, and Alexander Hamilton. After him are Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Gunnar Myrdal, Henri Fayol, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and Elinor Ostrom.

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Among people born in 1767, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 7. Before him are Andrew Jackson, Joachim Murat, Wilhelm von Humboldt, John Quincy Adams, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and John VI of Portugal. After him are Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Maria Theresa of Austria, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Nicolas Oudinot. Among people deceased in 1832, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 11. Before him are Walter Scott, Jeremy Bentham, Georges Cuvier, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Rasmus Rask, and Muzio Clementi. After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Friedrich Kuhlau, Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 493 out of NaN. Before him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), and Childebert I (497). After him are Robert Delaunay (1885), Philippe Pinel (1745), Françoise Hardy (1944), Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), and Robert Campin (1375).

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Among Economists In France

Among economists born in France, Jean-Baptiste Say ranks 4. Before him are Frédéric Passy (1822), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), and François Quesnay (1694). After him are Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Maurice Allais (1911), Léon Walras (1834), Jacques Delors (1925), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Jean-Claude Trichet (1942).

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