1930 - Today
Thomas Sowell ( SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he became a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative. He was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Sowell has received more than 7,274,124 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thomas Sowell is the 215th most popular economist (up from 222nd in 2019), the 3,739th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,184th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Thomas Sowell ranks 215 out of 315. Before him are Abba P. Lerner, Clément Juglar, William Baumol, Gustav Cassel, Stanley Fischer, and Eugen Slutsky. After him are Martín de Azpilcueta, Roy Harrod, Nassau William Senior, David D. Friedman, Jon Elster, and Benjamin Tucker.
1903 - 1982
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 209
1819 - 1905
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 210
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 211
1866 - 1945
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 212
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 213
1880 - 1948
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 214
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 215
1492 - 1586
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 216
1900 - 1978
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 217
1790 - 1864
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 218
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 219
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 220
1854 - 1939
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1930, Thomas Sowell ranks 230. Before him are Georges Descrières, John Astin, Jim Hall, Yuri Artyukhin, José María Zárraga, and Freimut Börngen. After him are Svatopluk Pluskal, Gary Snyder, Miodrag Bulatović, Borislav Pekić, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Paul Veyne.
1930 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 224
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 225
1930 - 2013
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 226
1930 - 1998
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 227
1930 - 2012
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 228
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 229
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 230
1930 - 2005
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 231
1930 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 232
1930 - 1991
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 233
1930 - 1992
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 234
1930 - 2016
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 235
1930 - 2022
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 236
Among people born in United States, Thomas Sowell ranks 3,739 out of 18,182. Before him are John C. Woods (1911), Arthur Janov (1924), Alexandra Daddario (1986), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), James Marsden (1973), and Helen Frankenthaler (1928). After him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Booker T. Washington (1856), Eric Singer (1958), Marie Tharp (1920), Majel Barrett (1932), and James Burton (1939).
1911 - 1950
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 3,733
1924 - 2017
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 3,734
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 3,735
1780 - 1850
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 3,736
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 3,737
1928 - 2011
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 3,738
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 3,739
1887 - 1944
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 3,740
1856 - 1915
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 3,741
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 3,742
1920 - 2006
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 3,743
1932 - 2008
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 3,744
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 3,745
Among economists born in United States, Thomas Sowell ranks 73. Before him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Mancur Olson (1932), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Peter Senge (1947), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), and William Baumol (1922). After him are David D. Friedman (1945), Benjamin Tucker (1854), Henry Hazlitt (1894), George Shultz (1920), Eric Maskin (1950), and Greg Mankiw (1958).
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 67
1932 - 1998
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 69
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 70
1928 - 1980
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 71
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 72
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 73
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 74
1854 - 1939
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 75
1894 - 1993
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 76
1920 - 2021
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 78
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 79