Economist

János Kornai

1928 - 2021

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János Kornai

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). János Kornai is the 180th most popular economist (up from 196th in 2024), the 254th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 273rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Economist.

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Among Economists

Among economists, János Kornai ranks 180 out of 414. Before him are Henry Sidgwick, Henry George, Jim Rogers, Oliver Hart, Piero Sraffa, and Eli Heckscher. After him are Wilhelm Röpke, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Myron Scholes, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Michel Camdessus.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

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Henry Sidgwick
1838 - 1900
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 174
Henry George
1839 - 1897
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 175
Jim Rogers
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.16
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Oliver Hart
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HPI: 63.14
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Piero Sraffa
1898 - 1983
HPI: 63.00
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Eli Heckscher
1879 - 1952
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 179
János Kornai
1928 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 180
Wilhelm Röpke
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HPI: 62.72
Rank: 181
Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay
1712 - 1759
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 182
Myron Scholes
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 183
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HPI: 62.60
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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
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HPI: 62.54
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Michel Camdessus
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 186

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, János Kornai ranks 170. Before him are Yaacov Agam, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Fredrik Barth, Henri Debehogne, Cannonball Adderley, and Joseph Kittinger. After him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Juris Hartmanis, Harold Prince, Humberto Maturana, Nancy Marchand, and Victor Stănculescu. Among people deceased in 2021, János Kornai ranks 159. Before him are Igor Oistrakh, Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, Ned Beatty, and Kurt Westergaard. After him are Joan Didion, Michael Apted, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, Humberto Maturana, and Renée Simonot.

Others Born in 1928

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Yaacov Agam
SCULPTOR
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 164
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2000
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 165
Fredrik Barth
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 166
Henri Debehogne
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 2007
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 167
Cannonball Adderley
MUSICIAN
1928 - 1975
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 168
Joseph Kittinger
PILOT
1928 - 2022
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 169
János Kornai
ECONOMIST
1928 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 170
Wolfhart Pannenberg
PHILOSOPHER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 171
Juris Hartmanis
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1928 - 2022
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 172
Harold Prince
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 2019
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 173
Humberto Maturana
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 2021
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 174
Nancy Marchand
ACTOR
1928 - 2000
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 175
Victor Stănculescu
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 176