1921 - 2017
Kenneth Joseph Arrow (August 23, 1921 – February 21, 2017) was an American economist, mathematician, writer, and political theorist. Along with John Hicks, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972. In economics, Arrow was a major figure in post-World War II neoclassical economic theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Arrow has received more than 867,698 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Kenneth Arrow is the 51st most popular economist (down from 46th in 2019), the 680th most popular biography from United States (up from 682nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Economist.
Kenneth Arrow is most famous for his work in economics, specifically in the field of welfare economics. He is also well known for his work in social choice theory and general equilibrium theory.
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Among economists, Kenneth Arrow ranks 51 out of 315. Before him are Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Frédéric Bastiat, John Hicks, Bernard Mandeville, Douglass North, and Werner Sombart. After him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Maurice Allais, Robert Mundell, W. Edwards Deming, Irving Fisher, and John Kenneth Galbraith.
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 45
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 46
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 47
1670 - 1733
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 48
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 49
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 50
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 51
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 52
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 53
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 54
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 55
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 56
1908 - 2006
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1921, Kenneth Arrow ranks 32. Before him are Satyajit Ray, John Glenn, Vasily Stalin, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Gianni Agnelli, and Nancy Reagan. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Kurt Knispel, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Lana Turner, Vasily Smyslov, and Marija Gimbutas. Among people deceased in 2017, Kenneth Arrow ranks 30. Before him are Martin Landau, Mário Soares, Lotfi A. Zadeh, George A. Romero, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Tzvetan Todorov. After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Roman Herzog, Liu Xiaobo, Emmanuelle Riva, Slobodan Praljak, and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon.
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 26
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 27
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 28
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 29
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 30
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 31
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 33
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 34
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 35
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 36
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 37
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 38
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 24
1924 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 25
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 26
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 27
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 28
1939 - 2017
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 29
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 30
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 31
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 32
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 33
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 34
1945 - 2017
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 35
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 36
Among people born in United States, Kenneth Arrow ranks 680 out of 18,182. Before him are Sidney Lumet (1924), Brandon Lee (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Ellen Burstyn (1932), and Benny Goodman (1909). After him are Bing Crosby (1903), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Don Johnson (1949), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Donald A. Glaser (1926), and Robert Ludlum (1927).
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 674
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 675
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 676
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 677
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 678
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 679
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 680
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 681
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 682
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 683
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 684
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 685
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 686
Among economists born in United States, Kenneth Arrow ranks 10. Before him are Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Gary Becker (1930), and Douglass North (1920). After him are W. Edwards Deming (1900), Irving Fisher (1867), Robert Solow (1924), Theodore Schultz (1902), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), and Robert Lucas Jr. (1937).
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 4
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 5
1933 - 2012
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 6
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 7
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 8
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 9
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 10
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 11
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 12
1924 - 2023
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 13
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 14
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 15
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 16