1930 - 2016
Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩] ; 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 209,897 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Reinhard Selten is the 71st most popular economist (up from 77th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Poland (up from 180th 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 71 out of 315. Before him are Robert Lucas Jr., Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Jacques Delors, James Mill, Wang Anshi, and James Tobin. After him are Tansu Çiller, Trygve Haavelmo, Nikolai Kondratiev, Jean-Claude Trichet, James M. Buchanan, and Murray Rothbard.
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 65
1851 - 1914
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 66
1925 - 2023
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 67
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 68
1021 - 1086
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 69
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 70
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 72
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 73
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 74
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 75
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 76
1926 - 1995
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 77
Among people born in 1930, Reinhard Selten ranks 53. Before him are Yves Chauvin, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Adunis, Moustapha Akkad, and Armin Mueller-Stahl. After him are David Dacko, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Gena Rowlands, Jerome Isaac Friedman, Jean Rochefort, and George E. Smith. Among people deceased in 2016, Reinhard Selten ranks 45. Before him are Hilary Putnam, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Cimino, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, and Robert Vaughn. After him are Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Kennedy, Ray Tomlinson, Junko Tabei, Michel Galabru, and Vera Rubin.
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 47
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 48
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 50
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 51
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 52
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 53
1930 - 2003
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 54
1930 - 2012
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 55
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 56
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 57
1930 - 2017
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 58
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 59
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 39
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 40
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 41
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 43
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 44
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 45
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 46
1925 - 2016
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 47
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 48
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 49
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 50
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 51
Among people born in Poland, Reinhard Selten ranks 161 out of 1,454. Before him are Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Jerzy Kukuczka (1948), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Adolf Anderssen (1818), and Władysław Anders (1892). After him are Marian Rejewski (1905), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), Bolesław Bierut (1892), Joseph Rotblat (1908), and Cymburgis of Masovia (1394).
1086 - 1138
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 155
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 156
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 157
1915 - 2006
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 158
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 159
1892 - 1970
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 160
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 161
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 162
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 163
1884 - 1945
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 164
1892 - 1956
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 165
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 166
1394 - 1429
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 167
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), Henryk Grossman (1881), and Sławomir Skrzypek (1963).
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 1
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2
1899 - 1970
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 3
1904 - 1965
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 4
1876 - 1969
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 7
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 8
1963 - 2010
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 9