ECONOMIST
Rudolf Hilferding
1877 - 1941
Rudolf Hilferding
Rudolf Hilferding (10 August 1877 – 11 February 1941) was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, socialist theorist, politician and the chief theoretician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic, being almost universally recognized as the SPD's foremost theoretician of the twentieth century. He was also a physician. He was born in Vienna, where he received a doctorate having studied medicine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Hilferding has received more than 234,028 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Rudolf Hilferding is the 109th most popular economist (up from 115th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Austria (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Economist.
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Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
8.09
Effective Languages (L*)
2.44
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Among ECONOMISTS
Among economists, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 109 out of 414. Before him are Bingu wa Mutharika, Douglas McGregor, Thomas Schelling, Silvio Gesell, Adolph Wagner, and Friedrich von Wieser. After him are Zhou Youguang, Richard Stone, Thomas J. Sargent, William Nordhaus, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Merton Miller.
Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsBingu wa Mutharika
1934 - 2012
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 103
Douglas McGregor
1906 - 1964
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 104
Thomas Schelling
1921 - 2016
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 105
Silvio Gesell
1862 - 1930
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 106
Adolph Wagner
1835 - 1917
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 107
Friedrich von Wieser
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 108
Rudolf Hilferding
1877 - 1941
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 109
Zhou Youguang
1906 - 2017
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 110
Richard Stone
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 111
Thomas J. Sargent
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 112
William Nordhaus
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 113
Carlo M. Cipolla
1922 - 2000
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 114
Merton Miller
1923 - 2000
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 115
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1877, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 32. Before him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Alfred Kubin, André Maginot, Plutarco Elías Calles, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Aga Khan III. After him are Henry Norris Russell, James Jeans, Alben W. Barkley, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Emil Abderhalden, and Endre Ady. Among people deceased in 1941, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 46. Before him are Émile Bernard, Gottfried Feder, Frederick Griffith, Annie Jump Cannon, Dmitry Pavlov, and Tullio Levi-Civita. After him are Paul-Jacques Curie, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Franz Gürtner, Ernst Lindemann, Maria Spiridonova, and Edwin S. Porter.
Others Born in 1877
Go to all RankingsNiceto Alcalá-Zamora
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1949
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 26
Alfred Kubin
WRITER
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 27
André Maginot
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1932
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 28
Plutarco Elías Calles
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 29
Ernst von Dohnányi
COMPOSER
1877 - 1960
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 30
Aga Khan III
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 31
Rudolf Hilferding
ECONOMIST
1877 - 1941
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 32
Henry Norris Russell
ASTRONOMER
1877 - 1957
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 33
James Jeans
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1946
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 34
Alben W. Barkley
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1956
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 35
Princess Auguste of Bavaria
NOBLEMAN
1877 - 1964
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 36
Emil Abderhalden
CHEMIST
1877 - 1950
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 37
Endre Ady
JOURNALIST
1877 - 1919
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 38
Others Deceased in 1941
Go to all RankingsÉmile Bernard
PAINTER
1868 - 1941
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 40
Gottfried Feder
ECONOMIST
1883 - 1941
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 41
Frederick Griffith
PHYSICIAN
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 42
Annie Jump Cannon
ASTRONOMER
1863 - 1941
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 43
Dmitry Pavlov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1941
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 44
Tullio Levi-Civita
MATHEMATICIAN
1873 - 1941
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 45
Rudolf Hilferding
ECONOMIST
1877 - 1941
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 46
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 47
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1923 - 1941
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 48
Franz Gürtner
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1941
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 49
Ernst Lindemann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 50
Maria Spiridonova
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1941
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 51
Edwin S. Porter
FILM DIRECTOR
1870 - 1941
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 52
In Austria
Among people born in Austria, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 300 out of 1,424. Before him are Bertha Pappenheim (1859), Joseph Lanner (1801), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Clemence of Austria (1262), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), and Friedrich von Wieser (1851). After him are Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878), Franz Böhme (1885), István Széchenyi (1791), Senta Berger (1941), and Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (1801).
Others born in Austria
Go to all RankingsBertha Pappenheim
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1859 - 1936
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 294
Joseph Lanner
COMPOSER
1801 - 1843
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 295
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1614 - 1662
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 296
Clemence of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1262 - 1295
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 297
Maria Theresia von Paradis
MUSICIAN
1759 - 1824
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 298
Friedrich von Wieser
ECONOMIST
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 299
Rudolf Hilferding
ECONOMIST
1877 - 1941
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 300
Leopold Joseph von Daun
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 301
Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
COMPANION
1878 - 1960
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 302
Franz Böhme
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1947
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 303
István Széchenyi
POLITICIAN
1791 - 1860
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 304
Senta Berger
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 305
Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria
POLITICIAN
1801 - 1832
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 306
Among ECONOMISTS In Austria
Among economists born in Austria, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Hayek (1899), Karl Polanyi (1886), and Friedrich von Wieser (1851). After him are Fritz Machlup (1902), Bruno de Finetti (1906), Gottfried Haberler (1900), and Käthe Leichter (1895).
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 1
Karl Polanyi
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 2
Friedrich von Wieser
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 3
Rudolf Hilferding
1877 - 1941
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 4
Fritz Machlup
1902 - 1983
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 5
Bruno de Finetti
1906 - 1985
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 6
Gottfried Haberler
1900 - 1995
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 7
Käthe Leichter
1895 - 1942
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8