1967 - Today
Steven David Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels (along with Stephen J. Dubner). Levitt was the winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal for his work in the field of crime, and is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago as well as the Faculty Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change at the University of Chicago which incubates the Data Science for Everyone coalition. He was co-editor of the Journal of Political Economy published by the University of Chicago Press until December 2007. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Levitt has received more than 803,652 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Levitt is the 369th most popular economist (down from 309th in 2019), the 15,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,090th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Steven Levitt ranks 369 out of 315. Before him are Olga Golodets, Alan Krueger, Gita Gopinath, Yochai Benkler, Eric Lander, and Winona LaDuke. After him are Christina Romer, Dambisa Moyo, Tyler Cowen, Thomas DiLorenzo, Urjit Patel, and Cecilia Rouse.
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.88
Rank: 363
1960 - 2019
HPI: 34.57
Rank: 364
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.15
Rank: 365
1964 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 366
1957 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 367
1959 - Present
HPI: 31.98
Rank: 368
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 369
1958 - Present
HPI: 31.08
Rank: 370
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 371
1962 - Present
HPI: 29.62
Rank: 372
1954 - Present
HPI: 29.07
Rank: 373
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.00
Rank: 374
1963 - Present
HPI: 27.42
Rank: 375
Among people born in 1967, Steven Levitt ranks 680. Before him are Nick Nurse, Colin Jackson, Edinho Baiano, Walter Kogler, Hisashi Tsuchida, and Fátima Báñez. After him are Chris Vrenna, Uwe Dassler, Stuart Conquest, Nikolay Bukhalov, Wilson Pérez, and Peter Rono.
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.48
Rank: 674
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.42
Rank: 675
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 676
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.38
Rank: 677
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.36
Rank: 678
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.31
Rank: 679
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 680
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.24
Rank: 681
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.22
Rank: 682
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.22
Rank: 683
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.18
Rank: 684
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.14
Rank: 685
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.14
Rank: 686
Among people born in United States, Steven Levitt ranks 15,074 out of 18,182. Before him are Sara Foster (1981), Madeline Manning (1948), Kyle Bornheimer (1975), Darrell Armstrong (1968), Yolanda Adams (1961), and Pablo Morales (1964). After him are Stephen Thompson (1983), Steven Sotloff (1983), Azealia Banks (1991), Andrew Bynum (1987), Michael Cole (1968), and Sunny Mabrey (1975).
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.32
Rank: 15,068
1948 - Present
HPI: 31.31
Rank: 15,069
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.31
Rank: 15,070
1968 - Present
HPI: 31.31
Rank: 15,071
1961 - Present
HPI: 31.30
Rank: 15,072
1964 - Present
HPI: 31.29
Rank: 15,073
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 15,074
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 15,075
1983 - 2014
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 15,076
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.27
Rank: 15,077
1987 - Present
HPI: 31.27
Rank: 15,078
1968 - Present
HPI: 31.26
Rank: 15,079
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.26
Rank: 15,080
Among economists born in United States, Steven Levitt ranks 118. Before him are Peter Navarro (1949), Claudia Goldin (1946), Ardo Hansson (1958), Alan Krueger (1960), Eric Lander (1957), and Winona LaDuke (1959). After him are Christina Romer (1958), Tyler Cowen (1962), Cecilia Rouse (1963), and Susan Athey (1970).
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 112
1946 - Present
HPI: 36.72
Rank: 113
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 114
1960 - 2019
HPI: 34.57
Rank: 115
1957 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 116
1959 - Present
HPI: 31.98
Rank: 117
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.28
Rank: 118
1958 - Present
HPI: 31.08
Rank: 119
1962 - Present
HPI: 29.62
Rank: 120
1963 - Present
HPI: 27.42
Rank: 121
1970 - Present
HPI: 27.33
Rank: 122