ECONOMIST
Milton Friedman
1912 - 2006
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman ( ; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler, Friedman was among the intellectual leaders of the Chicago school of economics, a neoclassical school of economic thought associated with the work of the faculty at the University of Chicago that rejected Keynesianism in favor of monetarism until the mid-1970s, when it turned to new classical macroeconomics heavily based on the concept of rational expectations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton Friedman has received more than 7,765,170 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Milton Friedman is the 8th most popular economist (down from 7th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from United States (down from 105th in 2019) and the most popular American Economist.
Milton Friedman is most famous for his work on the causes of the Great Depression and the policies that were put in place to combat it.
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Among ECONOMISTS
Among economists, Milton Friedman ranks 8 out of 414. Before him are Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Friedrich Hayek. After him are Vilfredo Pareto, Joseph Schumpeter, Frédéric Passy, Alfred Marshall, François Quesnay, and Ludwig von Mises.
Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia
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1818 - 1883
HPI: 90.07
Rank: 2
John Maynard Keynes
1883 - 1946
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 3
David Ricardo
1772 - 1823
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 4
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 5
John Stuart Mill
1806 - 1873
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 6
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 7
Milton Friedman
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 8
Vilfredo Pareto
1848 - 1923
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 9
Joseph Schumpeter
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 10
Frédéric Passy
1822 - 1912
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 11
Alfred Marshall
1842 - 1924
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 12
François Quesnay
1694 - 1774
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 13
Ludwig von Mises
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1912, Milton Friedman ranks 6. Before him are Kim Il-sung, Alan Turing, Pope John Paul I, Eva Braun, and Erich Honecker. After him are Wernher von Braun, Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Michelangelo Antonioni, János Kádár, and Millvina Dean. Among people deceased in 2006, Milton Friedman ranks 7. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, Slobodan Milošević, Gerald Ford, and Naguib Mahfouz. After him are Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, Syd Barrett, Oriana Fallaci, and Alfredo Stroessner.
Others Born in 1912
Go to all RankingsKim Il-sung
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1994
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 1
Alan Turing
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1912 - 1954
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 2
Pope John Paul I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1912 - 1978
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 3
Eva Braun
COMPANION
1912 - 1945
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 4
Erich Honecker
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1994
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 5
Milton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 6
Wernher von Braun
ENGINEER
1912 - 1977
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 7
Otto von Habsburg
NOBLEMAN
1912 - 2011
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 8
Jackson Pollock
PAINTER
1912 - 1956
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 9
Michelangelo Antonioni
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 10
János Kádár
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 11
Millvina Dean
CELEBRITY
1912 - 2009
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 2006
Go to all RankingsSaddam Hussein
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2006
HPI: 84.38
Rank: 1
Augusto Pinochet
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2006
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 2
Ferenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 3
Slobodan Milošević
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2006
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 4
Gerald Ford
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2006
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 5
Naguib Mahfouz
WRITER
1911 - 2006
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 6
Milton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 7
Stanisław Lem
WRITER
1921 - 2006
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 8
James Brown
SINGER
1933 - 2006
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 9
Philippe Noiret
ACTOR
1930 - 2006
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 10
Syd Barrett
MUSICIAN
1946 - 2006
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 11
Oriana Fallaci
JOURNALIST
1929 - 2006
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 12
Alfredo Stroessner
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2006
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 13
In United States
Among people born in United States, Milton Friedman ranks 131 out of 20,380. Before him are Dr. Seuss (1904), Meryl Streep (1949), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), and William Faulkner (1897). After him are Patti Smith (1946), Will Smith (1968), Rosa Parks (1913), William James (1842), Bobby Fischer (1943), and Edwin Hubble (1889).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsDr. Seuss
WRITER
1904 - 1991
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 125
Meryl Streep
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 126
Douglas MacArthur
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1964
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 127
Richard Feynman
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1988
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 128
Michael Douglas
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 129
William Faulkner
WRITER
1897 - 1962
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 130
Milton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 131
Patti Smith
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 132
Will Smith
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 133
Rosa Parks
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1913 - 2005
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 134
William James
PSYCHOLOGIST
1842 - 1910
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 135
Bobby Fischer
CHESS PLAYER
1943 - 2008
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 136
Edwin Hubble
ASTRONOMER
1889 - 1953
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 137
Among ECONOMISTS In United States
Among economists born in United States, Milton Friedman ranks 1. After him are Paul Samuelson (1915), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Michael Porter (1947), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Robert Solow (1924), Paul Krugman (1953), Gary Becker (1930), Murray Rothbard (1926), Thorstein Veblen (1857), and Douglass North (1920).
Milton Friedman
1912 - 2006
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 1
Paul Samuelson
1915 - 2009
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 2
Joseph Stiglitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 3
Michael Porter
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 4
Herbert A. Simon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 5
Elinor Ostrom
1933 - 2012
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 6
Robert Solow
1924 - 2023
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 7
Paul Krugman
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 8
Gary Becker
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 9
Murray Rothbard
1926 - 1995
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 10
Thorstein Veblen
1857 - 1929
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 11
Douglass North
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 12