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Adam Smith

1723 - 1790

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Adam Smith

Adam Smith [smɪθ], FRSA (getauft am 5. Junijul. / 16. Juni 1723greg. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 162 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 157 in 2024). Adam Smith is the most popular ökonom, the 4th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular British ÖKonom.

Adam Smith is most famous for his book "The Wealth of Nations" which was published in 1776. In this book, Smith argues that the pursuit of self-interest leads to the betterment of society.

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Among Ökonoms

Among ökonoms, Adam Smith ranks 1 out of 414. After him are Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, Herbert A. Simon, Friedrich Hayek, Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, and François Quesnay.

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Adam Smith
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Rank: 1
Karl Marx
1818 - 1883
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 2
John Maynard Keynes
1883 - 1946
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 3
David Ricardo
1772 - 1823
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 4
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 5
John Stuart Mill
1806 - 1873
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 6
Herbert A. Simon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 7
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 8
Frédéric Passy
1822 - 1912
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 9
Vilfredo Pareto
1848 - 1923
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 10
Milton Friedman
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 11
François Quesnay
1694 - 1774
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Adam Smith ranks 1. After him are Baron d'Holbach, Frederick V of Denmark, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Jean-François Marmontel, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Among people deceased in 1790, Adam Smith ranks 1. After him are Benjamin Franklin, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and William Cullen.

Others Born in 1723

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Adam Smith
ECONOMIST
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Rank: 1
Baron d'Holbach
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1789
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 2
Frederick V of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1766
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 3
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
PHYSICIAN
1723 - 1788
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 4
Joshua Reynolds
PAINTER
1723 - 1792
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 5
Carl Friedrich Abel
COMPOSER
1723 - 1787
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 6
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
BIOLOGIST
1723 - 1806
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 7
Jean-François Marmontel
WRITER
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 8
Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1783
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 9
Adam Ferguson
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1816
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 10
Prithvi Narayan Shah
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1775
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 11
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1787
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1790

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Adam Smith
ECONOMIST
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Rank: 1
Benjamin Franklin
POLITICIAN
1706 - 1790
HPI: 85.90
Rank: 2
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1741 - 1790
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 3
Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1790
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 4
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1790
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 5
András Hadik
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1790
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 6
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1719 - 1790
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 7
Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy
COMPOSER
1714 - 1790
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 8
Mohammed ben Abdallah
POLITICIAN
1710 - 1790
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 9
Jacob Christian Schäffer
BIOLOGIST
1718 - 1790
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 10
Johann Bernhard Basedow
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1790
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 11
William Cullen
PHYSICIAN
1710 - 1790
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 12