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John Harsanyi

1920 - 2000

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John Charles Harsanyi (Hungarian: Harsányi János Károly; May 29, 1920 and August 9, 2000) was a Hungarian-American economist who spent most of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994. Harsanyi is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy (specifically utilitarian ethics) as well as contributing to the study of equilibrium selection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Harsanyi is the 109th most popular economist (up from 129th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 165th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Economist.

John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-born economist who is most famous for his contributions to game theory. He created the Nash Equilibrium, which is a solution to a game in which both players have made the best possible decision given the other player's move.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, John Harsanyi ranks 109 out of 414. Before him are Bengt Holmström, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Edward C. Prescott, Robert Fogel, W. Edwards Deming, and George Akerlof. After him are Richard Thaler, Bingu wa Mutharika, Friedrich von Wieser, Merton Miller, Lucas Papademos, and Daron Acemoglu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, John Harsanyi ranks 73. Before him are Walter Nowotny, George Armitage Miller, Chiara Lubich, Dave Brubeck, Maureen O'Hara, and Timothy Leary. After him are Elliot Richardson, Alicia Alonso, Richard Farnsworth, Kim Yong-ju, Setsuko Hara, and Jack Warden. Among people deceased in 2000, John Harsanyi ranks 46. Before him are Petar Mladenov, Lila Kedrova, Steve Reeves, Tommaso Buscetta, Akira Nozawa, and Anatoly Sobchak. After him are Merton Miller, Richard Farnsworth, Leonid Rogozov, Barbara Cartland, Lolo Ferrari, and Saburō Sakai.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, John Harsanyi ranks 140 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Horn (1932), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Gusztáv Jány (1883), Prince Álmos (1070), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), and Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872). After him are John Corvinus (1473), Miklós Jancsó (1921), Leopold Auer (1845), Max Nordau (1849), András Schiff (1953), and Piali Pasha (1515).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Hungary

Among economists born in Hungary, John Harsanyi ranks 1. After him are János Kornai (1928), Nicholas Kaldor (1908), Eugen Varga (1879), and László Andor (1966).

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