1805 - 1875
Johann Karl Rodbertus (August 12, 1805, Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania – December 6, 1875, Jagetzow), also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist and a leading member of the Linkes Zentrum (centre-left) in the Prussian national assembly. He defended the labor theory of value as well as the view, which it implied, of interest or profit being theft. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Karl Rodbertus has received more than 41,469 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Johann Karl Rodbertus is the 229th most popular economist (down from 213th in 2019), the 3,092nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,971st in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Economist.
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Among economists, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 229 out of 315. Before him are Henry Hazlitt, Giovanni Arrighi, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, George Shultz, Fritz Machlup, and Colin Clark. After him are Étienne Laspeyres, Mahbub ul Haq, Harold Innis, Alexander Gerschenkron, Eric Maskin, and Hernando de Soto Polar.
1894 - 1993
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 223
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 224
1646 - 1714
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 225
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 226
1902 - 1983
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 227
1905 - 1989
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 228
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 229
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 230
1934 - 1998
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 231
1894 - 1952
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 232
1904 - 1978
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 233
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 234
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 235
Among people born in 1805, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 36. Before him are Wilhelm von Kaulbach, John Lloyd Stephens, Princess Amalia of Sweden, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Prosper Guéranger, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. After him are Alexander Braun, Anton von Schmerling, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Mary Seacole, Mastoureh Ardalan, and Johann von Lamont. Among people deceased in 1875, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 50. Before him are Charles Elliot, Louise Farrenc, Georg Herwegh, Prosper Guéranger, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and Charles Grandison Finney. After him are Charles Kingsley, Francisco Coll Guitart, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Richard Christopher Carrington, Carl Jakob Sundevall, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg.
1805 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 30
1805 - 1852
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 31
1805 - 1853
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 32
1805 - 1863
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 33
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 34
1805 - 1861
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 35
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 36
1805 - 1877
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 37
1805 - 1893
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 38
1805 - 1848
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 39
1805 - 1881
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 40
1805 - 1848
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 41
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 42
1801 - 1875
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 44
1804 - 1875
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 45
1817 - 1875
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 46
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 47
1798 - 1875
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 48
1792 - 1875
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 49
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 50
1819 - 1875
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 51
1812 - 1875
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 52
1821 - 1875
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 53
1826 - 1875
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 54
1801 - 1875
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 55
1820 - 1875
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 56
Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 3,092 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl Koller (1898), Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (1873), Hamit Altıntop (1982), Rolf Carls (1885), Udo Zimmermann (1943), and Thilo Sarrazin (1945). After him are Ingrid Caven (1938), Kurt Jooss (1901), Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), Eduard Wagner (1894), and Matilda of France (943).
1898 - 1951
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,086
1873 - 1962
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,087
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,088
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 3,089
1943 - 2021
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,090
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,091
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,092
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 3,093
1901 - 1979
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,094
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 3,095
1425 - 1475
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 3,096
1894 - 1944
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 3,097
943 - 992
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 3,098
Among economists born in Germany, Johann Karl Rodbertus ranks 25. Before him are Wilhelm Röpke (1899), Walter Eucken (1891), Lujo Brentano (1844), Adam Müller (1779), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), and E. F. Schumacher (1911). After him are Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher (1817), Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842), Theodore Levitt (1925), Jörg Meuthen (1961), and Wilhelm Lexis (1837).
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 19
1891 - 1950
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 20
1844 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 21
1779 - 1829
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 22
1915 - 2012
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 23
1911 - 1977
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 24
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 25
1834 - 1913
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 26
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 27
1842 - 1926
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 28
1925 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 29
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 30
1837 - 1914
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 31