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William F. Sharpe

1934 - Today

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William Forsyth Sharpe (born June 16, 1934) is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Sharpe was one of the originators of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William F. Sharpe has received more than 389,469 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). William F. Sharpe is the 144th most popular economist (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,895th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,816th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Economist.

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  • 57.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William F. Sharpe ranks 144 out of 315. Before him are Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Jeremy Rifkin, Ernst Engel, and James Mirrlees. After him are Benedetto Cotrugli, Christopher A. Sims, Gustav von Schmoller, Lucas Papademos, Christopher A. Pissarides, and John Bates Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, William F. Sharpe ranks 96. Before him are Robert Moog, Georges Wolinski, Allen Carr, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Otar Iosseliani, and Valentin Ivanov. After him are Khun Sa, Gloria Steinem, Jean Sorel, Victor French, Alan Bates, and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William F. Sharpe ranks 1,895 out of 18,182. Before him are Don Budge (1915), James B. Donovan (1916), Larry Holmes (1949), Ashton Kutcher (1978), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), and Steven Soderbergh (1963). After him are Walker Evans (1903), Rosanna Arquette (1959), DJ Khaled (1975), Hayden White (1928), Ed Lauter (1938), and Michael P. Anderson (1959).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, William F. Sharpe ranks 47. Before him are Michael Spence (1943), Jim Rogers (1942), Robert Reich (1946), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Robert C. Merton (1944), and Jeremy Rifkin (1945). After him are Christopher A. Sims (1942), John Bates Clark (1847), Daniel McFadden (1937), James Heckman (1944), Robert F. Engle (1942), and Frank Knight (1885).

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