1971 - Today
Thomas Piketty (French: [tɔmɑ pikɛti]; born 7 May 1971) is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. Piketty's work focuses on public economics, in particular income and wealth inequality. He is the author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), which emphasises the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Piketty has received more than 1,870,637 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Piketty is the 172nd most popular economist (down from 163rd in 2019), the 2,260th most popular biography from France (down from 2,159th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Economist.
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Among economists, Thomas Piketty ranks 172 out of 315. Before him are Nicholas Kaldor, Peter Diamond, Wilhelm Röpke, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Bertrand de Jouvenel, and Oliver Hart. After him are Ben Bernanke, Lionel Robbins, Nikolay Danilevsky, Harriet Martineau, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, and Hyman Minsky.
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 166
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 167
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 168
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 169
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 170
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 171
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 172
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 173
1898 - 1984
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 174
1822 - 1885
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 175
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 176
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 177
1919 - 1996
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1971, Thomas Piketty ranks 45. Before him are Martin Freeman, Sofia Coppola, Elif Shafak, Shannen Doherty, Pedro Alonso, and David Coulthard. After him are Anette Olzon, Sergi Barjuán, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Christina Applegate, Dido, and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 39
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 40
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 41
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 42
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 44
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 45
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 46
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 47
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 48
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 49
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 50
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 51
Among people born in France, Thomas Piketty ranks 2,260 out of 6,011. Before him are Oronce Finé (1494), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Bruno Metsu (1954), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), and Maximilien Luce (1858). After him are Michel Leiris (1901), Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727), Auguste Charlois (1864), Nominoe (800), Pierre Soulages (1919), and Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324).
1494 - 1555
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 2,254
1923 - 2016
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,255
1784 - 1849
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,256
1954 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,257
1784 - 1838
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,258
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,259
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,260
1901 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,261
1727 - 1794
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,262
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,263
800 - 851
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,264
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,265
1324 - 1384
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,266
Among economists born in France, Thomas Piketty ranks 18. Before him are Gérard Debreu (1921), Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715), and Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903). After him are Pierre Leroux (1797), Michel Camdessus (1933), Clément Juglar (1819), Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert (1646), Olivier Blanchard (1948), and Esther Duflo (1972).
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 12
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 13
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 14
1712 - 1759
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 15
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 16
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 17
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 18
1797 - 1871
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 19
1933 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 20
1819 - 1905
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 21
1646 - 1714
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 23
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 24