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George Stigler

1911 - 1991

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George Joseph Stigler (; January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Stigler is the 97th most popular economist (up from 128th in 2019), the 1,535th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,769th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, George Stigler ranks 97 out of 414. Before him are Henry Mintzberg, Harry Markowitz, John Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Stone, Jean-Claude Trichet, and John A. Hobson. After him are James Meade, Claudia Goldin, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Dale T. Mortensen, Thomas Mun, and Bengt Holmström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, George Stigler ranks 64. Before him are Henri Troyat, Vincent Price, Alfonso García Robles, Ashok Kumar, Alfred Naujocks, and Brian O'Nolan. After him are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Bernard Herrmann, Karel Čurda, Lee J. Cobb, Hans von Ohain, and Dieter Wisliceny. Among people deceased in 1991, George Stigler ranks 46. Before him are Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Salvador Luria, Leo Fender, Alfonso García Robles, and Richard Stone. After him are Tony Richardson, Ivan Kozhedub, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Daigoro Kondo, Jean Arthur, and Gene Tierney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stigler ranks 1,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Pynchon (1937), Gary Sinise (1955), Matthew Perry (1969), Phil Spector (1939), Kelly LeBrock (1960), and Etta James (1938). After him are Jackie Robinson (1919), Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Cesar Chavez (1927), Edith Wharton (1862), and Gary Gilmore (1940).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, George Stigler ranks 28. Before him are Murray Rothbard (1926), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), James M. Buchanan (1919), Irving Fisher (1867), Robert Reich (1946), and Harry Markowitz (1927). After him are Claudia Goldin (1946), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Robert Fogel (1926), W. Edwards Deming (1900), and George Akerlof (1940).

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