1623 - 1687
Sir William Petty FRS (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 222,049 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). William Petty is the 26th most popular economist, the 323rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 335th 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 26 out of 315. Before him are Barack Obama Sr., Herbert A. Simon, Amartya Sen, Frédéric Passy, Joseph Stiglitz, and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. After him are Simon Kuznets, Ronald Coase, Friedrich List, Wassily Leontief, Gunnar Myrdal, and Carl Menger.
1936 - 1982
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 20
1916 - 2001
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 21
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 22
1822 - 1912
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 23
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 24
1727 - 1781
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 25
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 26
1901 - 1985
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 27
1910 - 2013
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 28
1789 - 1846
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 29
1906 - 1999
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 30
1898 - 1987
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 31
1840 - 1921
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 32
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, and Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg. 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, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, François de Créquy, Nell Gwyn, and Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern.
1623 - 1662
HPI: 90.70
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 2
1623 - 1688
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 3
1623 - 1662
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 4
1623 - 1669
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5
1623 - 1673
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 6
1623 - 1683
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 7
1632 - 1687
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 2
1611 - 1687
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 3
1643 - 1687
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 4
1596 - 1687
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 5
1620 - 1687
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 6
1614 - 1687
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
1639 - 1687
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 8
1612 - 1687
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 9
1625 - 1687
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 10
1650 - 1687
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 11
1636 - 1687
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Petty ranks 323 out of 6,924. Before him are George Everest (1790), G. K. Chesterton (1874), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Frederick Soddy (1877), and Thomas Gainsborough (1727). After him are Percy Fawcett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), William Henry Bragg (1862), Mary Read (1695), Alexander Pope (1688), and John Ruskin (1819).
1790 - 1866
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 317
1874 - 1936
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 318
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 319
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 320
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 321
1727 - 1788
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 322
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 323
1867 - 1925
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 324
1828 - 1882
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 325
1862 - 1942
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 326
1695 - 1721
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 327
1688 - 1744
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 328
1819 - 1900
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 329
Among economists born in United Kingdom, William Petty ranks 8. Before him are John Maynard Keynes (1883), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), John Stuart Mill (1806), David Ricardo (1772), Alfred Marshall (1842), and John Law (1671). After him are Ronald Coase (1910), John Hicks (1904), Benjamin Graham (1894), William Stanley Jevons (1835), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), and James Mill (1773).
1883 - 1946
HPI: 85.97
Rank: 2
1766 - 1834
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 3
1806 - 1873
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 4
1772 - 1823
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 5
1842 - 1924
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1671 - 1729
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 7
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 8
1910 - 2013
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 9
1904 - 1989
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 10
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 11
1835 - 1882
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 12
1877 - 1959
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 13
1773 - 1836
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 14