ECONOMIST

William Petty

1623 - 1687

William Petty

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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10.08
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among ECONOMISTS

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.

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HPI: 76.02
Rank: 20
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1916 - 2001
HPI: 75.79
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1933 - Present
HPI: 75.68
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HPI: 75.46
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Joseph Stiglitz
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HPI: 75.35
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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1727 - 1781
HPI: 75.29
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William Petty
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 26
Simon Kuznets
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HPI: 75.14
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Ronald Coase
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HPI: 74.65
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Friedrich List
1789 - 1846
HPI: 74.59
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HPI: 74.51
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HPI: 74.48
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1840 - 1921
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 32

Contemporaries

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.

Others Born in 1623

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Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
HPI: 90.70
Rank: 1
William Petty
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 2
Ferdinand Verbiest
1623 - 1688
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 3
Zhu Youlang
1623 - 1662
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 4
Antonio Cesti
1623 - 1669
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 5
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1623 - 1673
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 6
Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg
1623 - 1683
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 7

Others Deceased in 1687

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Jean-Baptiste Lully
1632 - 1687
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 1
William Petty
1623 - 1687
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 2
Johannes Hevelius
1611 - 1687
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 3
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
1643 - 1687
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 4
Constantijn Huygens
1596 - 1687
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 5
Nicholas Mercator
1620 - 1687
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 6
Henry More
1614 - 1687
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
Laura Martinozzi
1639 - 1687
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 8
Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1612 - 1687
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 9
François de Créquy
1625 - 1687
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 10
Nell Gwyn
1650 - 1687
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 11
Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
1636 - 1687
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 12