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Walt Whitman Rostow

1916 - 2003

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Walt Whitman Rostow (rahs-TOU; October 7, 1916 – February 13, 2003) was an American economist, professor and political theorist who served as national security advisor to president of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969. Rostow worked in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and later was a foreign policy adviser and speechwriter for presidential candidate and then President John F. Kennedy; he is often credited with writing Kennedy's famous "New Frontier" speech. Prominent for his role in shaping US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise, and strongly supported US involvement in the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Whitman Rostow has received more than 420,625 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Walt Whitman Rostow is the 152nd most popular economist (down from 133rd in 2019), the 2,130th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,782nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 152 out of 414. Before him are Christopher A. Pissarides, Bengt Holmström, Jeffrey Sachs, William Beveridge, Robert F. Engle, and Benedetto Cotrugli. After him are Peter Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Michał Kalecki, Kenneth E. Boulding, Ernst Engel, and John Bates Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 77. Before him are Betty Grable, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Giorgio Bassani, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pietro Rava, and Mika Špiljak. After him are Pérez Prado, Ray Conniff, Vladimir Demikhov, José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. Among people deceased in 2003, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 72. Before him are John Schlesinger, Ilan Ramon, Vasil Bykaŭ, Miloš Milutinović, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, and Michael Jeter. After him are Eizo Yuguchi, Valeriy Brumel, Fritz Fischer, Ramón Serrano Suñer, Guy Thys, and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 2,130 out of 20,380. Before him are Ricky Nelson (1940), Bill Withers (1938), Thomas Cech (1947), Jim Parsons (1973), Jennifer Beals (1963), and John Cusack (1966). After him are Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Chris Pratt (1979), Will Eisner (1917), George Smith (1941), Richard Bull (1924), and Vera Farmiga (1973).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 49. Before him are Robert C. Merton (1944), Robert Fogel (1926), James Heckman (1944), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), and Robert F. Engle (1942). After him are Peter Diamond (1940), John Bates Clark (1847), William F. Sharpe (1934), Daniel McFadden (1937), Roger Myerson (1951), and Henry George (1839).

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