1930 - 2016
Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪ̯nhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩] (listen); 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhard Selten has received more than 171,170 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Reinhard Selten is the 77th most popular economist (down from 66th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Poland (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Economist.
Reinhard Selten is a German economist and mathematician. He is most famous for his work in game theory, specifically for inventing the concept of subgame perfect equilibrium.
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Among economists, Reinhard Selten ranks 77 out of 315. Before him are Harry Markowitz, Tansu Çiller, Cornelius Castoriadis, Robert Mundell, Trygve Haavelmo, and George Akerlof. After him are Richard Thaler, James Mill, James M. Buchanan, Edmund Phelps, John Harsanyi, and Silvio Gesell.
1927 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 72
1922 - 1997
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 73
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 74
1911 - 1999
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 75
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 76
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 77
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 78
1773 - 1836
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 79
1919 - 2013
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 80
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 81
1920 - 2000
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 82
1862 - 1930
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 83
Among people born in 1930, Reinhard Selten ranks 63. Before him are Joanne Woodward, Jean Rochefort, Buck Henry, Johan Galtung, John Young, and Derek Walcott. After him are Akira Suzuki, Jesús Franco, Stanley Miller, Gérard Genette, Harvey Milk, and William C. Campbell. Among people deceased in 2016, Reinhard Selten ranks 53. Before him are Ettore Scola, James Cronin, Harry Kroto, Jacques Rivette, Michèle Morgan, and Junko Tabei. After him are Yasuo Takamori, Esma Redžepova, Patricio Aylwin, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Toots Thielemans, and Vera Rubin.
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 57
1930 - 2017
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 58
1930 - 2020
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 59
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 60
1930 - 2018
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 61
1930 - 2017
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 62
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 63
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 64
1930 - 2013
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 65
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 66
1930 - 2018
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 67
1930 - 1978
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 68
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 69
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 47
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 48
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 49
1928 - 2016
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 50
1920 - 2016
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 51
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 52
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 53
1934 - 2016
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 54
1943 - 2016
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 55
1918 - 2016
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 56
1927 - 2016
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 57
1922 - 2016
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 58
1928 - 2016
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 59
Among people born in Poland, Reinhard Selten ranks 180 out of 1,231. Before him are Miroslav Klose (1978), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Henry II the Pious (1196), Paul Tillich (1886), Hans Lammers (1879), and Günter Blobel (1936). After him are Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Hanna Schygulla (1943), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Carl Wernicke (1848), Hermann Balck (1893), and Ida Haendel (1928).
1978 - Present
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 174
1767 - 1790
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 175
1196 - 1241
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 176
1886 - 1965
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 177
1879 - 1962
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 178
1936 - 2018
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 179
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 180
1394 - 1429
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 181
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 182
1870 - 1915
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 183
1848 - 1905
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 184
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 185
1928 - 2020
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 186
Among economists born in Poland, Reinhard Selten ranks 2. Before him are Carl Menger (1840). After him are Michał Kalecki (1899), Oskar R. Lange (1904), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Leszek Balcerowicz (1947), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), and Sławomir Skrzypek (1963).
1840 - 1921
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 1
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 2
1899 - 1970
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 3
1904 - 1965
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1876 - 1969
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 7
1963 - 2010
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 8