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Paul Douglas

1892 - 1976

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Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senate career, he was a prominent member of the liberal coalition. Born in Massachusetts and raised in Maine, Douglas graduated from Bowdoin College and Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Douglas is the 207th most popular economist (up from 389th in 2019), the 3,777th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,428th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Douglas ranks 207 out of 414. Before him are Joan Robinson, Alvin Hansen, Lars Peter Hansen, Gustave de Molinari, Israel Kirzner, and Paul Milgrom. After him are Alvin E. Roth, Raúl Prebisch, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Frank Knight, Fritz Machlup, and Giovanni Arrighi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Paul Douglas ranks 124. Before him are James M. Cain, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Adolf Ziegler, Eugen Meindl, Rebecca West, and Corrie ten Boom. After him are Hermann Breith, Edoardo Agnelli, Fyodor Raskolnikov, Otto Nerz, Yi Kwang-su, and Charles Nungesser. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Douglas ranks 99. Before him are Paul Robeson, Sal Mineo, Freddie King, Howlin' Wolf, Mikhail Katukov, and Silvana Armenulić. After him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, Bobby Pearce, Marguerite Laugier, and Oscar Bonavena.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Douglas ranks 3,777 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Shenar (1936), David Boreanaz (1969), Paul Milgrom (1948), Jerome Kern (1885), Tracey Adams (1958), and Richard Bull (1924). After him are Gil Birmingham (1953), Jack Klugman (1922), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Jim Thompson (1906), Gina Gershon (1962), and Richard Roundtree (1942).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Douglas ranks 68. Before him are Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Benjamin Tucker (1854), John Bates Clark (1847), Alvin Hansen (1887), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), and Paul Milgrom (1948). After him are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Frank Knight (1885), David D. Friedman (1945), Mancur Olson (1932), Henry Hazlitt (1894), and William Baumol (1922).

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