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Kshama Sawant

1973 - Today

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Kshama Sawant ( kə-SHUM-ah sah-WUNT; born October 17, 1973) is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. She was a member of Socialist Alternative, the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office. A former software engineer, Sawant became an economics instructor in Seattle after immigrating to the United States from her native India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kshama Sawant has received more than 1,293,388 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kshama Sawant is the 414th most popular economist (down from 374th in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from India (down from 1,386th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Kshama Sawant ranks 414 out of 414. Before her are Dambisa Moyo, Steven Levitt, Urjit Patel, Tyler Cowen, Thomas DiLorenzo, and Susan Athey. After her are Robin Hanson, and Lee Ju-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Kshama Sawant ranks 1,140. Before her are Frank Caeti, Stewart Cink, Ali Raymi, Stephen Crabb, Alyn Smith, and Otohiko Kiyono. After her are Koichi Nakazato, Christian Finnegan, Masato Sakai, Jian Fang Lay, Shane Rose, and Emilia Tsoulfa.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kshama Sawant ranks 1,707 out of 1,861. Before her are Jasmin Bhasin (1990), Amruta Khanvilkar (1984), Sonarika Bhadoria (1992), Dipika Kakar (1986), Somdev Devvarman (1985), and Tulsi Kumar (1986). After her are Ashwini Ponnappa (1989), Krushna Abhishek (1983), Robin Uthappa (1985), Gauri Shinde (1974), Asha Negi (1989), and Tulip Joshi (1979).

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Among ECONOMISTS In India

Among economists born in India, Kshama Sawant ranks 9. Before her are Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Avinash Dixit (1944), Gita Gopinath (1971), Raghuram Rajan (1963), and Bina Agarwal (1951).

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