1623 - 1687
Sir William Petty (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Petty has received more than 335,449 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. William Petty is the 27th most popular economist (down from 26th in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Economist.
William Petty was a British economist and statistician who is most famous for his contributions to the field of political economy. He was the first person to develop a system of national income accounting.
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Among economists, William Petty ranks 27 out of 315. Before him are John Law, Michael Porter, Joseph Stiglitz, Herbert A. Simon, Simon Kuznets, and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. After him are Carl Menger, Barack Obama Sr., Klaus Schwab, Alexander Hamilton, Ronald Coase, and Gunnar Myrdal.
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 22
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 23
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 24
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 25
1727 - 1781
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 26
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 27
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 28
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 29
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 30
1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 31
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 32
1898 - 1987
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1623, William Petty ranks 2. Before him is Blaise Pascal. After him are Ferdinand Verbiest, Zhu Youlang, Antonio Cesti, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, François de Laval, and Algernon Sidney. Among people deceased in 1687, William Petty ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Baptiste Lully. After him are Johannes Hevelius, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.
1623 - 1662
HPI: 88.71
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
1623 - 1688
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 3
1623 - 1662
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 4
1623 - 1669
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 5
1623 - 1673
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 6
1623 - 1683
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 7
1623 - 1708
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 8
1623 - 1683
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 9
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 3
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
1596 - 1687
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 11
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Petty ranks 312 out of 7,765. Before him are Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Halford Mackinder (1861), Æthelred the Unready (968), Patrick Stewart (1940), John Hurt (1940), and David II of Scotland (1324). After him are Edward Gibbon (1737), Benny Hill (1924), Stanley Matthews (1915), Thomas Andrews (1873), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and John Herschel (1792).
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 306
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 307
968 - 1016
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 308
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 309
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 310
1324 - 1371
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 311
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 312
1737 - 1794
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 313
1924 - 1992
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 314
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 315
1873 - 1912
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 316
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 317
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 318
Among economists born in United Kingdom, William Petty ranks 8. Before him are John Maynard Keynes (1883), David Ricardo (1772), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), John Stuart Mill (1806), Alfred Marshall (1842), and John Law (1671). After him are Ronald Coase (1910), Benjamin Graham (1894), John Hicks (1904), William Stanley Jevons (1835), James Mill (1773), and Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877).
1883 - 1946
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 2
1772 - 1823
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 3
1766 - 1834
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 4
1806 - 1873
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 5
1842 - 1924
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 6
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 7
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 8
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 9
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 10
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 11
1835 - 1882
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 13
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 14