







Occupation
ECONOMISTS
With 414 biographies, Economists are the 42nd most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Chess Players, Inventors, and Handball Players.
People
Pantheon has 416 people classified as economists born between 1021 and 1978. Of these 416, 167 (40.14%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living economists include Kenichi Ohmae, Avinash Dixit, and Laura Tyson. The most famous deceased economists include Alfred Müller-Armack, Don Patinkin, and Pietro Verri.
Living Economists
Go to all RankingsMario Draghi
1947 - Present
HPI: 76.21
Klaus Schwab
1938 - Present
HPI: 74.42
William F. Sharpe
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.32
Joseph Stiglitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Amartya Sen
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Michael Porter
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.84
Tansu Çiller
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.07
Edmund Phelps
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.63
Jeffrey Sachs
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Finn E. Kydland
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.01
Dani Rodrik
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Deceased Economists
Go to all RankingsAdam Smith
1723 - 1790
HPI: 92.99
Karl Marx
1818 - 1883
HPI: 92.24
John Maynard Keynes
1883 - 1946
HPI: 82.77
David Ricardo
1772 - 1823
HPI: 80.48
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766 - 1834
HPI: 80.30
John Stuart Mill
1806 - 1873
HPI: 80.26
Herbert A. Simon
1916 - 2001
HPI: 80.18
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 78.84
Frédéric Passy
1822 - 1912
HPI: 78.38
Vilfredo Pareto
1848 - 1923
HPI: 77.84
Milton Friedman
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.39
François Quesnay
1694 - 1774
HPI: 76.73
Places
Most economists were born in United States (132), United Kingdom (47), and Germany (38). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (21), London (12), and Chicago (7).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as economists in Pantheon are Martín de Azpilcueta, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Wang Anshi. The concentration of economists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier economists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Economists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Economists since 1700.