ECONOMIST

Stanley Fischer

1943 - Today

Photo of Stanley Fischer

Icon of person Stanley Fischer

Stanley Fischer (Hebrew: סטנלי פישר; born October 15, 1943) is an Israeli-American economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013. Born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), he holds dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Fischer has received more than 722,472 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Stanley Fischer is the 199th most popular economist (up from 211th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Zambia (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Zambian Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Stanley Fischer ranks 199 out of 414Before him are Paul Romer, Eric Maskin, Clément Juglar, János Kornai, Abba P. Lerner, and John A. Hobson. After him are Michel Camdessus, Douglas Diamond, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Raúl Prebisch, Alvin Hansen, and Gustav Cassel.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Stanley Fischer ranks 227Before him are Lauren Hutton, Terry Venables, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Richard S. Hamilton, James Turrell, and Marika Green. After him are Jimmy Wang Yu, Sani Abacha, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Nolan Bushnell, Mike Leigh, and Rashid Sunyaev.

Others Born in 1943

Go to all Rankings

In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Stanley Fischer ranks 4 out of 41Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), Kenneth Kaunda (1924), and Godfrey Chitalu (1947). After him are Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Edgar Lungu (1956), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931).

Among ECONOMISTS In Zambia

Among economists born in Zambia, Stanley Fischer ranks 1After him are Dambisa Moyo (1969).