1916 - 2003
Walt Whitman Rostow (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. Rostow is known for his book The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960), which was used in several fields of social science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Whitman Rostow has received more than 415,417 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Walt Whitman Rostow is the 135th most popular economist (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,783rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,635th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 135 out of 315. Before him are Michael Spence, Jim Rogers, Franz Oppenheimer, Robert Reich, Ernest Mandel, and Clive Granger. After him are Joan Robinson, Bingu wa Mutharika, Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, and Jeremy Rifkin.
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 129
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 130
1864 - 1943
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 132
1923 - 1995
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 133
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 134
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 135
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 136
1934 - 2012
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 137
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 139
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 140
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1916, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 61. Before him are Glenn Ford, Richard Fleischer, Henri Dutilleux, Sterling Hayden, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and Léo Ferré. After him are Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Georg Henrik von Wright, Rafael Caldera, Jack Vance, Ray Conniff, and Bernard Blier. Among people deceased in 2003, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 57. Before him are June Carter Cash, Annemarie Schimmel, Bob Hope, Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. After him are Anna Lindh, John Schlesinger, Vasil Bykaŭ, Georg Henrik von Wright, Ilan Ramon, and Michael P. Anderson.
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 55
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 56
1916 - 2013
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 57
1916 - 1986
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 58
1916 - 2002
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 59
1916 - 1993
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 60
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 61
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 62
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 63
1916 - 2009
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 64
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 65
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 66
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 67
1929 - 2003
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 51
1922 - 2003
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 52
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 53
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 54
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 55
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 56
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 57
1957 - 2003
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 58
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 59
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 60
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 61
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
Among people born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 1,783 out of 18,182. Before him are Owen Wilson (1968), Martin Gardner (1914), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), George Chakiris (1934), Matthew Broderick (1962), and Melinda Gates (1964). After him are Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Zack Snyder (1966), Ida Tarbell (1857), Will Eisner (1917), Jon Favreau (1966), and Sammy Davis Jr. (1925).
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,777
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,778
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,779
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,780
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,781
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,782
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,783
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,784
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,785
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,786
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,787
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,788
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,789
Among economists born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 44. Before him are George Stigler (1911), Robert Fogel (1926), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Michael Spence (1943), Jim Rogers (1942), and Robert Reich (1946). After him are Robert C. Merton (1944), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), William F. Sharpe (1934), Christopher A. Sims (1942), John Bates Clark (1847), and Daniel McFadden (1937).
1911 - 1991
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 38
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 39
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 40
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 43
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 44
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 45
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 46
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 47
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 48
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 49
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 50