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George Shultz

1920 - 2021

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George Pratt Shultz ( SHUULTS; December 13, 1920 – February 6, 2021) was an American economist, businessman, diplomat and statesman. He served in various positions under two different Republican presidents and is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts, the other being Elliot Richardson. Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration, and conservative foreign policy thought thereafter. Born in New York City, he graduated from Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. After the war, Shultz earned a PhD in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Shultz is the 15th most popular economist (up from 172nd in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,637th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, George Shultz ranks 15 out of 414. Before him are Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, François Quesnay, Joseph Schumpeter, and Mario Draghi. After him are Alfred Marshall, John Law, Ludwig von Mises, W. Arthur Lewis, Klaus Schwab, and William F. Sharpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, George Shultz ranks 11. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, Farouk of Egypt, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Ray Bradbury. After him are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pran, Paul Celan, Mario Puzo, Owen Chamberlain, and Frank Herbert. Among people deceased in 2021, George Shultz ranks 10. Before him are Michael Collins, Bernie Madoff, Ed Asner, Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, and Christopher Plummer. After him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Roh Tae-woo, Mikis Theodorakis, Frank Williams, Aaron T. Beck, and F. W. de Klerk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Shultz ranks 300 out of 20,380. Before him are Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Pete Conrad (1930), Axl Rose (1962), and Estée Lauder (1906). After him are Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Leon Czolgosz (1873), and Wild Bill Hickok (1837).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, George Shultz ranks 3. Before him are Herbert A. Simon (1916), and Milton Friedman (1912). After him are William F. Sharpe (1934), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Paul Samuelson (1915), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Charles Cooley (1864), Michael Porter (1947), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), and Edmund Phelps (1933).

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