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Raghuram Rajan

1963 - Today

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Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Between 2003 and 2006 he was Chief Economist and director of research at the International Monetary Fund. From September 2013 through September 2016 he was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raghuram Rajan has received more than 6,220,942 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Raghuram Rajan is the 393rd most popular economist (down from 358th in 2019), the 1,084th most popular biography from India (down from 904th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Raghuram Rajan ranks 393 out of 414. Before him are Sławomir Skrzypek, Gita Gopinath, Paul Douglas, Guy Standing, Andrei Shleifer, and Eric Lander. After him are Steve Keen, Peter Navarro, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Ardo Hansson, László Andor, and Christina Romer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Raghuram Rajan ranks 728. Before him are Rolando Maran, Mikhail Mamiashvili, Peter Fröjdfeldt, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Eduard Abazi, and Lutz Seiler. After him are Vijay Singh, Joel Murray, Geir Karlstad, Gabriel Tiacoh, Jessica Tuck, and Paul Annacone.

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In India

Among people born in India, Raghuram Rajan ranks 1,084 out of 1,861. Before him are Leander Paes (1973), Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Anu Malik (1960), Stan Swamy (1937), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), and Sheela (1945). After him are Dalip Tahil (1952), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Raza Murad (1950), Deven Verma (1937), Basanti Bisht (1953), and Roop Singh (1908).

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Among ECONOMISTS In India

Among economists born in India, Raghuram Rajan ranks 7. Before him are Amartya Sen (1933), Mahbub ul Haq (1934), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Avinash Dixit (1944), and Gita Gopinath (1971). After him are Bina Agarwal (1951), and Kshama Sawant (1973).

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