ECONOMIST

Paul Milgrom

1948 - Today

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Paul Robert Milgrom (born April 20, 1948) is an American economist. He is the Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities and Sciences at the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, a position he has held since 1987. He is a professor in the Stanford School of Engineering as well and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Milgrom has received more than 429,240 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Paul Milgrom is the 227th most popular economist (down from 163rd in 2019), the 4,118th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,451st in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Milgrom ranks 227 out of 414Before him are Adam Müller, Martín de Azpilcueta, Nassau William Senior, Olivier Blanchard, David D. Friedman, and Jules Dupuit. After him are Thomas Sowell, Albert O. Hirschman, Leopold von Wiese, Harold Innis, Fritz Machlup, and Philip H. Dybvig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Paul Milgrom ranks 277Before him are Yaakov Litzman, Heinz Flohe, Todd Rundgren, Andrei Linde, Chris Squire, and Gian Piero Ventura. After him are Magdaléna Vášáryová, Snowy White, Mizengo Pinda, Ludwig Scotty, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Tomáš Halík.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Milgrom ranks 4,118 out of 20,380Before him are Adam Levine (1979), Bill Irwin (1950), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Rob Cohen (1949), Harry Hillman (1881), and Paul Rand (1914). After him are Dorothy Day (1897), Sherilyn Fenn (1965), Meredith Monk (1942), Mickey Spillane (1918), Harry Carey Jr. (1921), and Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837).

Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Milgrom ranks 77Before him are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Peter Senge (1947), Mancur Olson (1932), William Baumol (1922), Chester Barnard (1886), and David D. Friedman (1945). After him are Thomas Sowell (1930), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), Robert Barro (1944), and Edward Chamberlin (1899).