1926 - 1995
Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement, particularly its right-wing strands, and was a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism. He wrote over twenty books on political theory, history, economics, and other subjects.Rothbard argued that all services provided by the "monopoly system of the corporate state" could be provided more efficiently by the private sector and wrote that the state is "the organization of robbery systematized and writ large". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Rothbard has received more than 1,972,570 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Murray Rothbard is the 77th most popular economist (down from 61st in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from United States (down from 822nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Economist.
Murray Rothbard is most famous for his work in economics, specifically his contributions to anarcho-capitalism and Austrian school of economics.
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Among economists, Murray Rothbard ranks 77 out of 315. Before him are Reinhard Selten, Tansu Çiller, Trygve Haavelmo, Nikolai Kondratiev, Jean-Claude Trichet, and James M. Buchanan. After him are Charles Cooley, Gottfried Feder, Richard Thaler, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Harry Markowitz, and Thomas Mun.
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 72
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 73
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 74
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 75
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 76
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 77
1864 - 1929
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 78
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 79
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 80
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 81
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 82
1571 - 1641
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 83
Among people born in 1926, Murray Rothbard ranks 51. Before him are Mel Brooks, Valdas Adamkus, Ingeborg Bachmann, Steve Reeves, Alcides Ghiggia, and Tony Bennett. After him are Paul Berg, Tsung-Dao Lee, Vasily Arkhipov, Ingrid Thulin, George Martin, and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos. Among people deceased in 1995, Murray Rothbard ranks 34. Before him are Ginger Rogers, Gerald Durrell, Milovan Đilas, Christian B. Anfinsen, Hugo Pratt, and Don Cherry. After him are Souphanouvong, Siad Barre, Jeremy Brett, John Vincent Atanasoff, Aziz Nesin, and Pierre Schaeffer.
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 45
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 46
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 47
1926 - 2000
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 48
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 49
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 50
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 51
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 52
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 53
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 54
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 55
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 56
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 57
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 28
1925 - 1995
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 29
1911 - 1995
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 30
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 31
1927 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 32
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 33
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 34
1909 - 1995
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 35
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 36
1933 - 1995
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 37
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 38
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 39
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Murray Rothbard ranks 962 out of 18,182. Before him are Scott Glenn (1939), James M. Buchanan (1919), Shelley Winters (1920), Jennifer Jones (1919), Richard Rorty (1931), and Daniel Dennett (1942). After him are Carl Weathers (1948), Mel Ferrer (1917), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Judith Butler (1956), Joel Schumacher (1939), and Jeffrey Dahmer (1960).
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 956
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 957
1920 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 958
1919 - 2009
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 959
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 960
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 961
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 962
1948 - 2024
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 963
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 964
1971 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 965
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 966
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 967
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 968
Among economists born in United States, Murray Rothbard ranks 19. Before him are Robert Solow (1924), Theodore Schultz (1902), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), James Tobin (1918), and James M. Buchanan (1919). After him are Charles Cooley (1864), Richard Thaler (1945), Harry Markowitz (1927), Edmund Phelps (1933), Paul Krugman (1953), and Lawrence Klein (1920).
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
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 17
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 18
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 19
1864 - 1929
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 21
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 23
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 24
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 25