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James Mirrlees

1936 - 2018

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Sir James Alexander Mirrlees (5 July 1936 – 29 August 2018) was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Mirrlees is the 122nd most popular economist (up from 138th in 2019), the 1,142nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,205th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Mirrlees ranks 122 out of 414. Before him are Thomas Schelling, Franz Oppenheimer, Alfred Weber, Lorenz von Stein, Knut Wicksell, and Thomas J. Sargent. After him are Douglas McGregor, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Jean Tirole, James Mill, Oskar Morgenstern, and Gottfried Feder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, James Mirrlees ranks 86. Before him are Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Valerie Solanas, Bekim Fehmiu, Bill Wyman, Kigeli V of Rwanda, and François Pinault. After him are Hiroshi Saeki, J. Michael Bishop, Eric Walter Elst, Héctor Elizondo, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz. Among people deceased in 2018, James Mirrlees ranks 75. Before him are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Gérard Genette, Ruud Lubbers, Eddie Clarke, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Dolores O'Riordan. After him are Quini, Anthony Bourdain, Steve Ditko, David C. H. Austin, Yoshinobu Ishii, and Kim Jong-pil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Mirrlees ranks 1,142 out of 8,785. Before him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Bill Wyman (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), Frederick Fleet (1887), and Stephen Boyd (1931). After him are James Hargreaves (1720), Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), Edmund Cartwright (1743), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), and Joan Plowright (1929).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, James Mirrlees ranks 20. Before him are William Stanley Jevons (1835), Richard Stone (1913), John A. Hobson (1858), James Meade (1907), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), and Thomas Mun (1571). After him are James Mill (1773), Clive Granger (1934), Tony Atkinson (1944), Angus Deaton (1945), Harriet Martineau (1802), and Henry Sidgwick (1838).

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