1938 - Today
Klaus Martin Schwab (German: [klaʊs ˈmaʁtiːn ʃvaːp]; born 30 March 1938) is a German mechanical engineer, economist, and founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Schwab has received more than 4,986,158 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Klaus Schwab is the 30th most popular economist (up from 122nd in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,357th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Economist.
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Among economists, Klaus Schwab ranks 30 out of 315. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, Simon Kuznets, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, William Petty, Carl Menger, and Barack Obama Sr.. After him are Alexander Hamilton, Ronald Coase, Gunnar Myrdal, Léon Walras, Karl Polanyi, and Benjamin Graham.
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 24
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 25
1727 - 1781
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 26
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 27
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 28
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 29
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 30
1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 31
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 32
1898 - 1987
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 33
1834 - 1910
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 34
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 35
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1938, Klaus Schwab ranks 27. Before him are Jerry Brown, Natalie Wood, Luis Aragonés, Rod Laver, Giuliano Gemma, and Mireille Darc. After him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Bernie Madoff, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liv Ullmann, Albert Fert, and Abulfaz Elchibey.
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 21
1938 - 1981
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 22
1938 - 2014
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 23
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 24
1938 - 2013
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 25
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 26
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 27
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 28
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 29
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 30
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 31
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 32
1938 - 2000
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 33
Among people born in Germany, Klaus Schwab ranks 384 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg von Küchler (1881), Joachim Löw (1960), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), and Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904). After him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Traudl Junge (1920), and Leo von Caprivi (1831).
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 378
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 379
1787 - 1826
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 380
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 381
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 382
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 383
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 384
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 385
1786 - 1861
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 386
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 387
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 388
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 389
1831 - 1899
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 390
Among economists born in Germany, Klaus Schwab ranks 2. Before him are Karl Marx (1818). After him are Wassily Leontief (1906), Friedrich List (1789), Werner Sombart (1863), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Gottfried Feder (1883), Eugen Dühring (1833), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), and Oskar Morgenstern (1902).
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
Rank: 1
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 3
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 6
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 7
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1810 - 1858
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 9
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 10
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 12