1941 - Today
Walter Edward Block (born August 21, 1941) is an American Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist. He was the Harold E. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Block has received more than 341,676 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Walter Block is the 300th most popular economist (down from 257th in 2019), the 7,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,202nd in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Economist.
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Among economists, Walter Block ranks 300 out of 315. Before him are Paul A. Baran, Charles P. Kindleberger, James Steuart, Abhijit Banerjee, Michel Chossudovsky, and Leonid Abalkin. After him are Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, José Ángel Gurría, Henry Charles Carey, Branko Milanović, Ha-Joon Chang, and Ilham Tohti.
1909 - 1964
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 294
1910 - 2003
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 295
1712 - 1780
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 296
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 298
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 299
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 300
1868 - 1931
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 301
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 302
1793 - 1879
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 303
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 304
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 305
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 306
Among people born in 1941, Walter Block ranks 400. Before him are Gilbert Kaplan, Inger Aufles, Jean Vallée, Paola Pitagora, Trish Van Devere, and Boris Gaganelov. After him are Aminata Sow Fall, James Joseph Dresnok, John Nicholson, Paddy Ashdown, Kaija Mustonen, and François Weyergans.
1941 - 2016
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 394
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 395
1941 - 2014
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 396
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 397
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 398
1941 - 2020
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 399
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 400
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 401
1941 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 402
1941 - 2017
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 403
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 404
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 405
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 406
Among people born in United States, Walter Block ranks 7,007 out of 18,182. Before him are Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Bonin (1947), Tom Robbins (1932), Richard Portnow (1947), Joseph Bologna (1934), and Jason Kidd (1973). After him are Robert T. Bakker (1945), Ken Olsen (1926), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), William T. Anderson (1839), Joseph Engelberger (1925), and Maury Chaykin (1949).
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,001
1947 - 1996
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,002
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,003
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,004
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,005
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,006
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,007
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,008
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,009
1923 - 1996
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,010
1839 - 1864
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,011
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,012
1949 - 2010
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,013
Among economists born in United States, Walter Block ranks 97. Before him are Michael Kremer (1964), Seth Godin (1960), Lawrence Summers (1954), Anna Schwartz (1915), Robert Rubin (1938), and Charles P. Kindleberger (1910). After him are Henry Charles Carey (1793), Fischer Black (1938), Armen Alchian (1914), John Lipsky (1947), Anthony Downs (1930), and Anne Osborn Krueger (1934).
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 91
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 92
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 93
1915 - 2012
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 94
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 95
1910 - 2003
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 96
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 97
1793 - 1879
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 98
1938 - 1995
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 99
1914 - 2013
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 100
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 101
1930 - 2021
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 102
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 103