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Tjalling Koopmans

1910 - 1985

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Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tjalling Koopmans is the 79th most popular economist (up from 126th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 219th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 79 out of 414. Before him are Gérard Debreu, James Tobin, Robert Solow, Murray Rothbard, Finn E. Kydland, and Beatrice Webb. After him are Oliver E. Williamson, Albert O. Hirschman, James M. Buchanan, Cornelius Castoriadis, Eugen Dühring, and William Stanley Jevons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 42. Before him are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Edda Mussolini, Jean Anouilh, Benzion Netanyahu, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Nathuram Godse. After him are Luise Rainer, António de Spínola, Pierre Schaeffer, Ne Win, Erich Kempka, and Edvard Kardelj. Among people deceased in 1985, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 32. Before him are Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, Elsa Morante, George Pólya, and Emil Gilels. After him are Margaret Mahler, Tancredo Neves, James Hadley Chase, Robert Graves, Ernst Öpik, and Tage Erlander.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 131 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Arie Haan (1948), Bernard Haitink (1929), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Willem de Kooning (1904), and Aelbert Cuyp (1620). After him are Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Bertha of Holland (1055), Ruud Krol (1949), Edwin van der Sar (1970), Louise of the Netherlands (1828), and Adriaen van Ostade (1610).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Netherlands

Among economists born in Netherlands, Tjalling Koopmans ranks 3. Before him are Jan Tinbergen (1903), and Bernard Mandeville (1670). After him are Mark Blaug (1927), Guido Imbens (1963), and Euclid Tsakalotos (1960).

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