ECONOMIST
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1960 - Today
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (; alternatively Nessim or Nissim; born 1960) is a Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. The Sunday Times called his 2007 book The Black Swan one of the 12 most influential books since World War II.Taleb is the author of the Incerto, a five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty published between 2001 and 2018 (of which the best-known books are The Black Swan and Antifragile). He has been a professor at several universities, serving as a Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering since September 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nassim Nicholas Taleb has received more than 3,264,607 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the 146th most popular economist (up from 189th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Economist.
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3.3M
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66.48
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
34
Languages Editions (L)
5.65
Effective Languages (L*)
3.20
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Among ECONOMISTS
Among economists, Nassim Nicholas Taleb ranks 146 out of 315. Before him are Robert C. Merton, Kenneth E. Boulding, Ernst Engel, James Mirrlees, Bingu wa Mutharika, and Michael Spence. After him are Gustav von Schmoller, Daniel Ellsberg, Chester Barnard, Frank Knight, Michał Kalecki, and Peter Diamond.
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Robert C. Merton
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 140
Kenneth E. Boulding
1910 - 1993
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 141
Ernst Engel
1821 - 1896
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 142
James Mirrlees
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 143
Bingu wa Mutharika
1934 - 2012
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 144
Michael Spence
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 145
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 146
Gustav von Schmoller
1838 - 1917
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 147
Daniel Ellsberg
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 148
Chester Barnard
1886 - 1961
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 149
Frank Knight
1885 - 1972
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 150
Michał Kalecki
1899 - 1970
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 151
Peter Diamond
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 152
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1960, Nassim Nicholas Taleb ranks 55. Before him are Neil Gaiman, Brian Cowen, Sarah Brightman, Rafael Benítez, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Barham Salih. After him are Anne Parillaud, Gary Lineker, Gia Carangi, Damon Wayans, Jorge Sampaoli, and Walter Zenga.
Others Born in 1960
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Neil Gaiman
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 49
Brian Cowen
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 50
Sarah Brightman
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 51
Rafael Benítez
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 52
Hiroyuki Sanada
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 53
Barham Salih
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 54
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 55
Anne Parillaud
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 56
Gary Lineker
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 57
Gia Carangi
1960 - 1986
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 58
Damon Wayans
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 59
Jorge Sampaoli
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 60
Walter Zenga
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 61
In Lebanon
Among people born in Lebanon, Nassim Nicholas Taleb ranks 38 out of 119. Before him are Fouad Siniora (1943), Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (1065), Delphine Seyrig (1932), Bechara El Khoury (1890), Omar Karami (1934), and Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (1115). After him are Marinus of Tyre (100), Alfonso Jordan (1103), Zeno of Sidon (-150), Elias Hrawi (1926), Serj Tankian (1967), and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920).
Others born in Lebanon
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Fouad Siniora
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 32
Bertrand, Count of Toulouse
1065 - 1112
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 33
Delphine Seyrig
1932 - 1990
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 34
Bechara El Khoury
1890 - 1964
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 35
Omar Karami
1934 - 2015
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 36
Raymond II, Count of Tripoli
1115 - 1152
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 37
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 38
Marinus of Tyre
100 - 130
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 39
Alfonso Jordan
1103 - 1148
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 40
Zeno of Sidon
150 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 41
Elias Hrawi
1926 - 2006
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 42
Serj Tankian
1967 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 43
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
1920 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 44
Among ECONOMISTS In Lebanon
Among economists born in Lebanon, Nassim Nicholas Taleb ranks 1.
