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Paul Samuelson

1915 - 2009

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Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory". Samuelson was one of the most influential economists of the latter half of the 20th century. In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Samuelson is the 25th most popular economist (down from 18th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from United States (down from 319th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Economist.

Paul Samuelson is most famous for his work in economic theory. He was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1970.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Samuelson ranks 25 out of 414. Before him are W. Arthur Lewis, Klaus Schwab, William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., and Ragnar Frisch. After him are Alexander Hamilton, Jean-Baptiste Say, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Gunnar Myrdal, and Henri Fayol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Paul Samuelson ranks 18. Before him are Arthur Miller, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., W. Arthur Lewis, Eli Wallach, David Rockefeller, and Yitzhak Shamir. After him are Clifford Shull, Billie Holiday, Hu Yaobang, Sviatoslav Richter, John Vorster, and Saul Bellow. Among people deceased in 2009, Paul Samuelson ranks 10. Before him are Robert McNamara, Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Aage Bohr, and Millvina Dean. After him are Maurice Jarre, Pina Bausch, Corazon Aquino, Jean Dausset, David Carradine, and Sydney Chaplin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Samuelson ranks 482 out of 20,380. Before him are Sandra Bullock (1964), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Julia Roberts (1967), Edith Wilson (1872), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), and Sidney Poitier (1927). After him are J. J. Cale (1938), Clifford Shull (1915), John Bardeen (1908), Susan Sontag (1933), Chuck Berry (1926), and Bob Kahn (1938).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Samuelson ranks 6. Before him are Herbert A. Simon (1916), Milton Friedman (1912), George Shultz (1920), William F. Sharpe (1934), and Robert Lucas Jr. (1937). After him are Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Charles Cooley (1864), Michael Porter (1947), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), and Edmund Phelps (1933).

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