1937 - Today
Robert Butler "Bob" Wilson, Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American economist and the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with his Stanford colleague and former student Paul R. Milgrom, "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats". Two more of his students, Alvin E. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert B. Wilson has received more than 252,003 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert B. Wilson is the 113th most popular economist, the 1,537th most popular biography from United States and the 35th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Robert B. Wilson ranks 113 out of 315. Before him are Knut Wicksell, Tjalling Koopmans, Robert J. Shiller, Jean Tirole, Lorenz von Stein, and Kristalina Georgieva. After him are Silvio Gesell, Thomas J. Sargent, Rudolf Hilferding, William Beveridge, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and Finn E. Kydland.
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 107
1910 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 108
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 109
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 110
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 111
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 112
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 113
1862 - 1930
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 114
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 115
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 116
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 117
1773 - 1842
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 118
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 119
Among people born in 1937, Robert B. Wilson ranks 69. Before him are Hélène Cixous, Vladimir Arnold, George Takei, Mario Capecchi, Angelo Badalamenti, and Valentin Pavlov. After him are Yılmaz Güney, Joseph Nye, Fernando de la Rúa, Tamara Press, John Horton Conway, and Cüneyt Arkın.
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 63
1937 - 2010
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 64
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 65
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 66
1937 - 2022
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 67
1937 - 2003
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 68
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 70
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 71
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 72
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 73
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 74
1937 - 2022
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 75
Among people born in United States, Robert B. Wilson ranks 1,537 out of 18,182. Before him are Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Beyoncé (1981), Janet Yellen (1946), Dorothy Malone (1924), Carson McCullers (1917), and Richard F. Heck (1931). After him are Brad Dourif (1950), Jennifer Garner (1972), Chief Seattle (1786), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Martha Stewart (1941), and Benedict Arnold (1741).
1882 - 1968
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 1,531
1981 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 1,532
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 1,533
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 1,534
1917 - 1967
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 1,535
1931 - 2015
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 1,536
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 1,537
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,538
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,539
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,540
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,541
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 1,542
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 1,543
Among economists born in United States, Robert B. Wilson ranks 35. Before him are Alan Greenspan (1926), William Nordhaus (1941), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Eugene Fama (1939), and Robert J. Shiller (1946). After him are Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Thomas Schelling (1921), George Stigler (1911), Robert Fogel (1926), Edward C. Prescott (1940), and Michael Spence (1943).
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 29
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 30
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 31
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 32
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 33
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 34
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 36
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 37
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 38
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 39
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 40
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 41