Economist

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766 - 1834

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Thomas Robert Malthus

His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2024). Thomas Robert Malthus is the 5th most popular economist, the 113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 66th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Economist.

Thomas Robert Malthus is most famous for his theory that population growth will always outpace food production.

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Among Economists

Among economists, Thomas Robert Malthus ranks 5 out of 414. Before him are Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and David Ricardo. After him are John Stuart Mill, Herbert A. Simon, Friedrich Hayek, Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, and François Quesnay.

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Adam Smith
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
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1818 - 1883
HPI: 92.24
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John Maynard Keynes
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HPI: 82.77
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David Ricardo
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HPI: 80.48
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Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 5
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Frédéric Passy
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HPI: 78.38
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HPI: 77.39
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HPI: 76.73
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Thomas Robert Malthus ranks 2. Before him is John Dalton. After him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Germaine de Staël, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Nikolay Karamzin, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, William Hyde Wollaston, Johanna Schopenhauer, and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia. Among people deceased in 1834, Thomas Robert Malthus ranks 2. Before him is Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. After him are Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Alois Senefelder, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.

Others Born in 1766

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John Dalton
CHEMIST
1766 - 1844
HPI: 83.53
Rank: 1
Thomas Robert Malthus
ECONOMIST
1766 - 1834
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 2
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1858
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 3
Germaine de Staël
WRITER
1766 - 1817
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 4
Charlotte, Princess Royal
COMPANION
1766 - 1828
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 5
Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1847
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
Nikolay Karamzin
WRITER
1766 - 1826
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 7
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu
POLITICIAN
1766 - 1822
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 8
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
COMPOSER
1766 - 1803
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 9
William Hyde Wollaston
CHEMIST
1766 - 1828
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 10
Johanna Schopenhauer
WRITER
1766 - 1838
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 11
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
POLITICIAN
1766 - 1840
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1834

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1757 - 1834
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 1
Thomas Robert Malthus
ECONOMIST
1766 - 1834
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 2
Pedro I of Brazil
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1834
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 3
Friedrich Schleiermacher
PHILOSOPHER
1768 - 1834
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 4
Joseph Marie Jacquard
INVENTOR
1752 - 1834
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 5
Sunjo of Joseon
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1834
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 6
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
WRITER
1772 - 1834
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 7
François-Adrien Boieldieu
COMPOSER
1775 - 1834
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 8
Alois Senefelder
INVENTOR
1771 - 1834
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 9
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1834
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
Karl Ludwig Harding
ASTRONOMER
1765 - 1834
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 11
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
POLITICIAN
1776 - 1834
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 12