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Max O. Lorenz

1876 - 1959

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Max Otto Lorenz ( LORR-ənts; September 19, 1876 – July 1, 1959) was an American economist who developed the Lorenz curve in an undergraduate essay. He published a paper on this when he was a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His doctoral thesis (1906) was on 'The Economic Theory of Railroad Rates' and made no reference to perhaps his most famous paper. The term "Lorenz curve" for the measure Lorenz invented was coined by Willford I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max O. Lorenz has received more than 75,737 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Max O. Lorenz is the 286th most popular economist (down from 272nd in 2019), the 5,914th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,650th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Max O. Lorenz ranks 286 out of 414. Before him are Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Paul Sweezy, William Phillips, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Gordon Tullock, and Herman Daly. After him are Anthony Downs, Ragnar Nurkse, Diego Abad de Santillán, Seth Godin, Jesús Huerta de Soto, and Zbigniew Messner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Max O. Lorenz ranks 143. Before him are Solomon Lozovsky, Sidney Robinson, Olav Duun, Stylianos Gonatas, Hippolyte Aucouturier, and Sotirios Versis. After him are Felix Jacoby, Walter Burley Griffin, John Marshall, Flora Sandes, Alfred Stock, and Marvin Hart. Among people deceased in 1959, Max O. Lorenz ranks 135. Before him are Nicholas Charnetsky, Esfir Shub, Giuseppe Bottai, Jean Grémillon, Irving Cummings, and Nazik al-Abid. After him are Hans Henny Jahnn, Felix Jacoby, Ragnar Nurkse, Boughera El Ouafi, Lou Costello, and Francis de Miomandre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Max O. Lorenz ranks 5,914 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Herbert (1947), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Pine (1941), David Bushnell (1742), Phyllis Smith (1951), and Robert Taylor (1932). After him are Wes Bentley (1978), John Lee Hancock (1956), Al Smith (1873), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Harry Daghlian (1921), and Armie Hammer (1986).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Max O. Lorenz ranks 94. Before him are Leo Huberman (1903), Arthur Laffer (1940), Paul Sweezy (1910), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Gordon Tullock (1922), and Herman Daly (1938). After him are Anthony Downs (1930), Seth Godin (1960), Michael Kremer (1964), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), David Landes (1924), and Charles P. Kindleberger (1910).

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