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An economist is a person who has studied and is well versed with the policies and practices in thefield of economics. Not only are these people well versed with the intricacies of economics but arealso the very people who create, propose and even implement certain policies that are designed tobetter serve they work for. The sectors where they are found generally include the private sector and the public sector or the government sector. While most colleges offer courses in the study of economics, which can take up to 6 years to complete, there have been instances where some of themost notable economists come for backgrounds that may vary from mathematics to sociology andeven history. The field of economics even has Nobel Prize associated with it. The list of Nobellaureates in economics include names like Amartya Sen, who got it for his work on welfareeconomics, Daniel Kahneman, who got the award for his work with the integration of learnings fromphycology into economic science and Elinor Ostrom who was awarded this prestigious honour for her work in the field of economic governance. What follows is a collection of the biographies,including the life story, trivia, interesting facts and timelines, of some such famous economists.

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/adam-smith-615.php)Adam Smith (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/adam-smith-615.php)

Adam Smith was a pioneer of political econom y and a thinker of moder n economics.Due to his extensive work in economics and for being the mos t ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/alan-greenspan-635.php)Alan Greenspan (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/alan-greenspan-635.php)

Alan Greens pan is an American economist who served as chairman of the FederalReserve of the U.S from 1987 to 2006. He had a success ful ...
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(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/amartya-sen-3602.php) Amartya Sen(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/amartya-sen-3602.php)

Amartya Sen is a m uch-adm ired, award winning econom ist, writer and philosopher. Avoice of the poor and malnourished, tireless ly engross ed in ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/benjamin-graham-156.php) Benjamin Graham(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/benjamin-graham-156.php)Benjamin Graham is known to have grown the seeds of investment in Americas WallStreet. Graham was a great economis t who introduced the ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/bertil-gotthard-ohlin-296.php) Bertil Gotthard Ohli...(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/bertil-gotthard-ohlin-296.php)Born on April 23, 1899, Bertil Ohlin was the founder of the modern theory of dynamics of trade. His res earch on international trade and capital ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/daniel-kahneman-5327.php) Daniel Kahneman(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/daniel-kahneman-5327.php)Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist who is noted worldwide for hiswork in the field of psychology and econom ics. A Nobel ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/franco-modigliani-277.php) Franco Modigliani(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/franco-modigliani-277.php)Franco Modigliani was an eminent Italian Economist and Nobel Prize Laureate, who,with his great pass ion for economics, formulated many theories ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/friedrich-von-hayek-288.php) Friedrich von Hayek(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/friedrich-von-hayek-288.php)If there is one twentieth-century economis t who can be tagged as the Renaiss anceman, it has to be Friedrich Hayek, the Austrian born British ...

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Joseph Stigle... (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/george- joseph-stigler-274.php)One of the most popular econom ists the 20th century has seen, George Stigler wasbestowed with a rare gift to write as well as the capability to ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gerard-debreu-294.php)Gerard Debreu (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gerard-debreu-294.php)Gerard Debreu was an economist born in France who became famous for his pathbreaking work in general equilibrium theory. A humble man, he was ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gunnar-myrdal-300.php)Gunnar Myrdal (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gunnar-myrdal-300.php)

Gunnar Myrdal, considered a leading economist and s ocial scientis t of his era, left animpress ion as a reformer, politician, fighter of ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/henry-george-192.php)Henry George (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/henry-george-192.php)Henry George is remem bered as an economist who brought significant changes inpolitics and eco-political theories. George was a great writer who ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/herbert-simon-293.php)Herbert Simon (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/herbert-simon-293.php)Herbert Simon is recognized as one of the founding fathers of important scientificdomains and the mos t renowned figure of the twentieth ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/james-tobin-279.php)James Tobin (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/james-tobin-279.php)Sometimes the true worth of a person can be gauged from the legacy he/she leavesbehind. James Tobin is one such man whose li felong work in ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jan-tinbergen-278.php)Jan Tinbergen (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jan-tinbergen-278.php)If there ever was an economist who contributed quite s ignificantly to the field of economics , it has to be Jan Tinbergen. Jan Tinbergen was a ...
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(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/maurice-allais-282.php)Maurice Allais (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/maurice-allais-282.php)Maurice Felix Charles Allais was a French economist and a proud recipient of NobelMemorial Prize in Economics. He was conferred this honor for ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/merton-h-miller-283.php)Merton H. Miller (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/merton-h-miller-283.php)Nobel Prize recipient Merton Howard Miller contributed imm ensely in economic science.In terms of work, his biggest achievement was the ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/milton-friedman-167.php)Milton Friedman (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/milton-friedman-167.php)

Milton Friedman was a well-known American economis t and profess or of statistics atthe University of Chicago. He received the Nobel Memorial ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/muhammad-yunus-2412.php) Muhammad Yunus(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/muhammad-yunus-2412.php)Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and banker who established theGrameen bank in his country in 1983. The Grameen bank and Yunus were ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/paul-samuelson-291.php) Paul Samuelson(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/paul-samuelson-291.php)Paul Anthony Samuels on is recognized as the father of modern econom ics. He is thefirst American economis t to win a Nobel Prize. Samuels on put ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ragnar-frisch-290.php)Ragnar Frisch (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ragnar-frisch-290.php)

A Nobel Prize winner and a renowned econom ist, Ragnar Frisch is bes t celebrated for co-finding econometrics as a new discipline. One who ...
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(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/simon-kuznets-289.php)Simon Kuznets (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/simon-kuznets-289.php)Simon Kuznets is known to set a standard that made him stand special among all theother economists of his time because of his meticulous and ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/simone-weil-297.php)Simone Weil (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/simone-weil-297.php)

A renowned French philosopher, social activist and religious m ystic, Simone Weil isrecognized for her strong s ocial comm itments and extensive ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-arthur-lewis-298.php)Sir Arthur Lewis (//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-arthur-lewis-298.php)

Sir Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist who was well known for his contributionsin the field of economic development. When blacks were ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-clive-william-john-granger-275.php) Sir Clive William Jo...(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-clive-william-john-granger-275.php)

A Nobel Prize winner in econom ic science and a notable personali ty, Sir Clive Granger will be best remembered as someone who completely ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-richard-stone-301.php) Sir Richard Stone(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sir-richard-stone-301.php)Sir John Richard Nicholas (Dick) Stone was an outstanding figure in postwar Britishapplied econom etrics. He was one of the pioneering ...

(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-malthus-5174.php) Thomas Robert Malthu...(//www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thomas-malthus-5174.php)One of the renowned British clerics and scholars, Reverend Thomas Robert Malthusplayed an influential role in the field of political econom y ...
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