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Economist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as economist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Mikhail Gorbachev
March 2, 1931 – August 30, 2022
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
Modern era
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
Modern era
B. R. Ambedkar
April 14, 1891 – December 6, 1956
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
Modern era
Kofi Annan
April 8, 1938 – August 18, 2018
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)
Medieval era
Nicolaus Copernicus
February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
Modern era
John von Neumann
December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
Early Modern era
Antoine Lavoisier
August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
Modern era
Dmitri Mendeleev
January 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
Early Modern era
Charles Babbage
December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
Early Modern era
Thomas Hobbes
April 5, 1588 – December 4, 1679
English philosopher (1588–1679)
Early Modern era
David Hume
April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776
Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
Early Modern era
Adam Smith
June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
Modern era
Karl Marx
May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883
Philosopher and economist whose critique of capital shaped a century
Modern era
Friedrich Engels
November 28, 1820 – August 5, 1895
German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
Modern era
John Stuart Mill
May 20, 1806 – May 8, 1873
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
Modern era
Andrew Carnegie
November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
Modern era
Sam Walton
March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992
American businessman (1918–1992)
Modern era
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
February 13, 1905 – June 13, 1990
Pakistani diplomat (1905-1990)
Modern era
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
July 15, 1905 – December 2, 1980
Politician and Prime minister of Pakistan (1905–1982)
Modern era
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
May 9, 1866 – February 19, 1915
Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)
Modern era
Akhter Hameed Khan
July 15, 1914 – October 9, 1999
Development activist, social scientist (1914–1999)
Early Modern era
Manuel Belgrano
June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820
Argentine politician and military leader
Modern era
Kate Sheppard
March 10, 1847 – July 13, 1934
Prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage (1848–1934)
Medieval era
Luca Pacioli
1445 – 1517
Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)
Modern era
Ram Manohar Lohia
March 23, 1910 – October 12, 1967
Indian politician (1910–1967)
Modern era
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
June 29, 1893 – June 28, 1972
Indian scientist and statistician (1893–1972)
Ancient era
Cato the Elder
234 BCE – 149 BCE
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
Modern era
Dag Hammarskjold
July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
Modern era
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
b. October 29, 1938
24th president of Liberia
Early Modern era
Daniel Bernoulli
February 8, 1700 – March 17, 1782
Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)
Modern era
Benoit Mandelbrot
November 20, 1924 – October 14, 2010
Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)
Thomas Kuhn
Dr. rer. pol. Universität Augsburg 1985
Modern era
Millicent Fawcett
June 11, 1847 – August 5, 1929
English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)