ECONOMIST

Raymond Barre

1924 - 2007

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Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ baʁ]; 12 April 1924 – 25 August 2007) was a French politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, Malfatti and Mansholt). He later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Barre has received more than 157,760 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Raymond Barre is the 165th most popular economist (up from 180th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Réunion (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Economist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Raymond Barre ranks 165 out of 414. Before him are Oskar R. Lange, William F. Sharpe, Daniel McFadden, Roger Myerson, Piero Sraffa, and Myron Scholes. After him are Henry George, Henry Sidgwick, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Lionel Robbins, Wilhelm Röpke, and Pierre Leroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Raymond Barre ranks 117. Before him are Dinah Washington, Pat Hingle, Khamtai Siphandon, Zbigniew Herbert, Alexander Haig, and Bud Powell. After him are Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Gene Deitch, Alice Babs, and Yehuda Amichai. Among people deceased in 2007, Raymond Barre ranks 98. Before him are Ralph Asher Alpher, Viliam Schrojf, Dashrath Manjhi, Gordon Scott, Ulrich Mühe, and Pierre Messmer. After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Al Oerter, Edward Yang, David Lane, Luigi Comencini, and Steve Fossett.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Raymond Barre ranks 5 out of 16. Before him are Michel Houellebecq (1956), Roland Garros (1888), Ambroise Vollard (1866), and Leconte de Lisle (1818). After him are Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), Dimitri Payet (1987), Évariste de Parny (1753), Edmond Albius (1829), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), and Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Réunion

Among economists born in Réunion, Raymond Barre ranks 1. 

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