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Tjalling Koopmans

1910 - 1985

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Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tjalling Koopmans has received more than 239,564 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Tjalling Koopmans is the 126th most popular economist (down from 107th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 164th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 126 out of 414. Before him are Jeremy Rifkin, Jean Tirole, Lucas Papademos, Harriet Martineau, Knut Wicksell, and Robert J. Shiller. After him are Alan Greenspan, George Stigler, John Harsanyi, James Meade, Eugene Fama, and Ernest Mandel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 68. Before him are Pavel Batitsky, John Sturges, Miguel Najdorf, Eero Saarinen, Karel Zeman, and A. J. Ayer. After him are Kim Yong-sik, Chico Xavier, Ferdinand Daučík, Barthélemy Boganda, Giulietta Simionato, and Aladár Gerevich. Among people deceased in 1985, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 44. Before him are The Singing Nun, Tancredo Neves, Tage Erlander, Lina Heydrich, Louise Brooks, and Ernst Öpik. After him are Méret Oppenheim, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Kim Yong-sik, Kirill Moskalenko, Frank Oppenheimer, and Eric Voegelin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 219 out of 1,646. Before him are Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Willem van Aelst (1627), Johannes Heesters (1903), Anton Geesink (1934), and Cornelis van Haarlem (1562). After him are Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547), L. E. J. Brouwer (1881), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Tom Gehrels (1925), Dirck van Baburen (1595), and Joan Blaeu (1596).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Netherlands

Among economists born in Netherlands, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 3. Before him are Jan Tinbergen (1903), and Bernard Mandeville (1670). After him are Mark Blaug (1927), Guido Imbens (1963), and Euclid Tsakalotos (1960).

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