1877 - 1941
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. After becoming a leading journalist for the SPD, he participated in the November Revolution in Germany and was Finance Minister of Germany in 1923 and from 1928 to 1929. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Hilferding has received more than 213,462 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Rudolf Hilferding is the 116th most popular economist (down from 110th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 314th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Economist.
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Among economists, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 116 out of 315. Before him are Jean Tirole, Lorenz von Stein, Kristalina Georgieva, Robert B. Wilson, Silvio Gesell, and Thomas J. Sargent. After him are William Beveridge, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Finn E. Kydland, Thomas Schelling, Oskar Morgenstern, and George Stigler.
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
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 120
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 121
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 122
Among people born in 1877, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 33. Before him are Ernst von Dohnányi, Plutarco Elías Calles, Aga Khan III, Gabriele Münter, Enrico De Nicola, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Ulrich Salchow, Mykola Leontovych, Emil Abderhalden, Otto Gross, Henry Norris Russell, and Isabelle Eberhardt. Among people deceased in 1941, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 45. Before him are Dmitry Pavlov, Günther Lütjens, Mikhail Kirponos, Pál Teleki, Sisowath Monivong, and Ernst Lindemann. After him are Ludwig Quidde, Paul-Jacques Curie, Gaetano Mosca, Tullio Levi-Civita, Hans Driesch, and Lou Gehrig.
1877 - 1960
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 27
1877 - 1945
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 28
1877 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1877 - 1962
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 30
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 31
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 32
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 33
1877 - 1949
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
1877 - 1921
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 35
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 36
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 37
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 38
1877 - 1904
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 39
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 39
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 40
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 41
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 42
1875 - 1941
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 43
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 44
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 45
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 47
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 48
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 49
1867 - 1941
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 50
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 51
Among people born in Austria, Rudolf Hilferding ranks 322 out of 1,237. Before him are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Fritjof Capra (1939), Walter Kohn (1923), and Baron Alexander von Bach (1813). After him are Alois Riegl (1858), Michael Hainisch (1858), Senta Berger (1941), Franz Jonas (1899), Ettore Sottsass (1917), and Alois Hudal (1885).
1660 - 1741
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 316
1902 - 1962
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 317
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 318
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 319
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 320
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 321
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 322
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 323
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 324
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 325
1899 - 1974
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 326
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 327
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 328
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) and Bruno de Finetti (1906).
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 1
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 2
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 3
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4
1902 - 1983
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 5
1906 - 1985
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 6