1898 - 1983
Piero Sraffa, FBA (5 August 1898 – 3 September 1983) was an influential Italian economist who served as lecturer of economics at the University of Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piero Sraffa has received more than 324,289 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Piero Sraffa is the 163rd most popular economist (up from 168th in 2019), the 1,878th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,964th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Economist.
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Among economists, Piero Sraffa ranks 163 out of 315. Before him are James Heckman, Oskar R. Lange, Bengt Holmström, Robert F. Engle, Frank Knight, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. After him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Paul Milgrom, Nicholas Kaldor, Peter Diamond, Wilhelm Röpke, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau.
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 157
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 158
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 159
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 160
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 161
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 162
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 163
1845 - 1926
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 164
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 165
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 166
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 167
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 168
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1898, Piero Sraffa ranks 87. Before him are Hastings Banda, Emil Artin, Karl Mauss, Alberto Suppici, Grace Moore, and Berenice Abbott. After him are Kaj Munk, Desanka Maksimović, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Leon Štukelj, Gulzarilal Nanda, and Jean Fautrier. Among people deceased in 1983, Piero Sraffa ranks 60. Before him are Ralph Richardson, Florence Owens Thompson, Anthony Blunt, Karen Carpenter, László Budai, and Benigno Aquino Jr.. After him are Vladimir Gelfand, Ross Macdonald, Walter Stennes, Dennis Wilson, Miguel Alemán Valdés, and Donald Maclean.
1898 - 1997
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 81
1898 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 82
1898 - 1959
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 83
1898 - 1981
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 84
1898 - 1947
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 85
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 86
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 87
1898 - 1944
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 88
1898 - 1993
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 89
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 90
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 91
1898 - 1998
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 92
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 93
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 54
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 56
1950 - 1983
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 57
1928 - 1983
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 58
1932 - 1983
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 59
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 60
1923 - 1983
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 61
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 62
1895 - 1983
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 63
1944 - 1983
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 64
1900 - 1983
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 65
1913 - 1983
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 66
Among people born in Italy, Piero Sraffa ranks 1,878 out of 4,668. Before him are Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), Cecilia Bartoli (1966), Lino Lacedelli (1925), Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (-163), Ansprand (657), and Thiago Alcântara (1991). After him are Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy (1764), Luigi Comencini (1916), Nanni di Banco (1380), Moana Pozzi (1961), Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587), and Antipope Sylvester IV (1100).
1268 - 1317
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 1,872
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,873
1925 - 2009
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,874
163 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 1,875
657 - 712
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 1,876
1991 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 1,877
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 1,878
1764 - 1782
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,879
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,880
1380 - 1421
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,881
1961 - 1994
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,882
1587 - 1651
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,883
1100 - 1111
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,884
Among economists born in Italy, Piero Sraffa ranks 3. Before him are Mario Draghi (1947) and Franco Modigliani (1918). After him are Giovanni Arrighi (1937), Pier Carlo Padoan (1950), Alberto Alesina (1957), and Daniele Archibugi (1958).
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 1
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 3
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 5
1957 - 2020
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 6
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.46
Rank: 7