1904 - 1989
Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS–LM model (1937), which summarised a Keynesian view of macroeconomics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hicks has received more than 355,697 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hicks is the 41st most popular economist (up from 44th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 438th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Economist.
John Hicks is most famous for his work in the field of economics. In particular, he is known for his work on the theory of demand and supply.
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Among economists, John Hicks ranks 41 out of 315. Before him are Léon Walras, Jan Tinbergen, Elinor Ostrom, Werner Sombart, Oliver E. Williamson, and Bernard Mandeville. After him are Gary Becker, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Graham, Thorstein Veblen, Kenneth Arrow, and James Tobin.
1834 - 1910
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 35
1903 - 1994
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 36
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 37
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 38
1932 - 2020
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 39
1670 - 1733
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 40
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 41
1930 - 2014
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 42
1755 - 1804
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 43
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 44
1857 - 1929
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 45
1921 - 2017
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 46
1918 - 2002
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 47
Among people born in 1904, John Hicks ranks 21. Before him are Pavel Cherenkov, Alexei Kosygin, Karl Brandt, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, René Lacoste, and Harry Martinson. After him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, Gregory Bateson, Hans Albert Einstein, Joan Crawford, Glenn Miller, and Odilo Globočnik. Among people deceased in 1989, John Hicks ranks 28. Before him are Thomas Bernhard, Dolores Ibárruri, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Silvana Mangano, Hu Yaobang, and Ferdinand Marcos. After him are William Shockley, John Cassavetes, Hermann Oberth, Daphne du Maurier, Leon Festinger, and Emilio Segrè.
1904 - 1990
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 15
1904 - 1980
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 16
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 17
1904 - 1988
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 18
1904 - 1996
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 19
1904 - 1978
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 20
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 21
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 22
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 23
1904 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 24
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 25
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 26
1904 - 1945
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 27
1931 - 1989
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 22
1895 - 1989
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 23
1906 - 1989
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 24
1930 - 1989
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 25
1915 - 1989
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 26
1917 - 1989
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 27
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 28
1910 - 1989
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 29
1929 - 1989
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 30
1894 - 1989
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 31
1907 - 1989
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 32
1919 - 1989
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 33
1905 - 1989
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hicks ranks 464 out of 6,924. Before him are Mike Oldfield (1953), John le Carré (1931), Graham Hill (1929), John Smith (1580), Morrissey (1959), and Donald Pleasence (1919). After him are Christian de Duve (1917), Sam Neill (1947), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Richard Arkwright (1732), Thomas Cromwell (1485), and Gregory Bateson (1904).
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 458
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 459
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 460
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 461
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 462
1919 - 1995
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 463
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 464
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 465
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 466
1809 - 1898
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 467
1732 - 1792
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 468
1485 - 1540
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 469
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 470
Among economists born in United Kingdom, John Hicks ranks 10. Before him are John Stuart Mill (1806), David Ricardo (1772), Alfred Marshall (1842), John Law (1671), William Petty (1623), and Ronald Coase (1910). After him are Benjamin Graham (1894), William Stanley Jevons (1835), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), James Mill (1773), Thomas Mun (1571), and Richard Stone (1913).
1806 - 1873
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 4
1772 - 1823
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 5
1842 - 1924
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1671 - 1729
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 7
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 8
1910 - 2013
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 9
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 10
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 11
1835 - 1882
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 12
1877 - 1959
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 13
1773 - 1836
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 14
1571 - 1641
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 15
1913 - 1991
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 16