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Walt Whitman Rostow

1916 - 2003

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Walt Whitman Rostow (rahs-TOU; October 7, 1916 – February 13, 2003) was an American economist, professor and political theorist who served as national security advisor to president of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969. Rostow worked in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II and later was a foreign policy adviser and speechwriter for presidential candidate and then President John F. Kennedy; he is often credited with writing Kennedy's famous "New Frontier" speech. Prominent for his role in shaping US foreign policy in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, he was a staunch anti-communist, noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise, and strongly supported US involvement in the Vietnam War. Rostow is known for his book The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960), which was used in several fields of social science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walt Whitman Rostow is the 46th most popular economist (up from 152nd in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,130th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 46 out of 414. Before him are Barack Obama Sr., Léon Walras, Wassily Leontief, Leonid Hurwicz, John Hicks, and Jacques Delors. After him are William Petty, Bertil Ohlin, Tansu Çiller, Edmund Phelps, Ronald Coase, and Gary Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 29. Before him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Hans Eysenck, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, Harold Wilson, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike. After him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ruth Handler, and Natalia Ginzburg. Among people deceased in 2003, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 25. Before him are Donald Davidson, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bertram Brockhouse, Leopoldo Galtieri, Gianni Agnelli, and Frank Sheeran. After him are Robert Palmer, Robert Kardashian, Luciano Berio, Soong Mei-ling, Maurice Blanchot, and Otto Günsche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 816 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Mellon (1855), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Quincy Jones (1933), William Sadler (1950), Dennis Ritchie (1941), and Stephen Collins (1947). After him are Robert H. Goddard (1882), Telly Savalas (1922), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), and Melvin Schwartz (1932).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Walt Whitman Rostow ranks 11. Before him are Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Paul Samuelson (1915), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Charles Cooley (1864), and Michael Porter (1947). After him are Edmund Phelps (1933), Gary Becker (1930), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Theodore Schultz (1902), Douglass North (1920), and Lawrence Klein (1920).

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