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Lawrence Summers

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Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, as the 27th president of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006, and as the eighth director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010. Currently at Harvard Kennedy School, he is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor. He is on leave from his teaching responsibilities and from his role as the director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government as of November 19, 2025. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Lawrence Summers is the 319th most popular economist (up from 322nd in 2024), the 7,918th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,447th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Lawrence Summers ranks 319 out of 414. Before him are Pedro Solbes, Simon Johnson, Branko Milanović, Seth Godin, José Luis Sampedro, and Karl Knies. After him are Alice Salomon, Michael Kremer, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Walter Block, José Ángel Gurría, and Ludwig Lachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Lawrence Summers ranks 364. Before him are Elliot Goldenthal, Tina Knowles, George Galloway, Alberto Malesani, Antonio Olmo, and Bob Weinstein. After him are José María Figueres, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Keith Campbell, Oscar Larrauri, Rick Warren, and K. Chandrashekar Rao.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Summers ranks 7,920 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Anderson (1932), Randy Jones (1952), Ted Raimi (1965), Eriq La Salle (1962), Carmen Basilio (1927), and Charles Dana Gibson (1867). After him are Sydney Lassick (1922), Brendan O'Brien (1960), John King Fairbank (1907), Henry Darrow (1933), George Winston (1949), and Gilda Radner (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Lawrence Summers ranks 102. Before him are Armen Alchian (1914), Anthony Downs (1930), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Alan Krueger (1960), and Seth Godin (1960). After him are Michael Kremer (1964), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Walter Block (1941), Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), David Landes (1924), and Robert Rubin (1938).

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