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Henri Fayol

1841 - 1925

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Henri Fayol (29 July 1841 – 19 November 1925) was a French mining engineer, mining executive, author and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration that is often called Fayolism. He and his colleagues developed this theory independently of scientific management. Like his contemporary Frederick Winslow Taylor, he is widely acknowledged as a founder of modern management methods. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Fayol is the 31st most popular economist (down from 26th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Economist.

Henri Fayol is most famous for his theory of management, which he developed in the early 20th century. Fayol's theory is also known as "administrative management."

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Henri Fayol ranks 31 out of 414Before him are Paul Samuelson, Alexander Hamilton, Jean-Baptiste Say, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, and Gunnar Myrdal. After him are Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Elinor Ostrom, Charles Cooley, Maurice Allais, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, and Simon Kuznets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Henri Fayol ranks 13Before him are Georges Clemenceau, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Itō Hirobumi, Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, and Frédéric Bazille. After him are Henry Morton Stanley, Félix Faure, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Armand Fallières, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, and Ferdinand Buisson. Among people deceased in 1925, Henri Fayol ranks 13Before him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria, William Jennings Bryan, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Georgy Lvov, Johann Palisa, and Sergei Yesenin. After him are Władysław Reymont, Josef Breuer, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Mikhail Frunze, Camille Flammarion, and Felix Klein.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Henri Fayol ranks 221 out of 1,347Before him are Pope John VI (655), Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958), Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Michael II (770), and Dragut (1485). After him are Alexios V Doukas (1140), Constantine VIII (960), Xenocrates (-396), Şah Sultan (1509), Memnon (null), and Isaac I Komnenos (1007).

Among ECONOMISTS In Türkiye

Among economists born in Türkiye, Henri Fayol ranks 1After him are Tansu Çiller (1946), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Dani Rodrik (1957), Daron Acemoglu (1967), Nouriel Roubini (1958), and Fatih Birol (1958).