2015 Event Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis steps down despite the outcome of a national referendum favoring his position against the bailout terms proposed by the E.U. and other creditors; economist Euclid Tsakalotos will take his place 2013 Event Economist Hazem Al Beblaw is selected as Egypt's interim Prime Minister 2013 Death Robert W. Fogel, the Nobel-Prize-winning economist, dies at the age of 86 2003 Death Clark Kerr, American Economist 2002 Death James Tobin, American Economist 2001 Death "Herbert A. Simon, Ph.D", economist, "Nobel Prize winner for economics, 1978", dies at 84 2000 Death Merton Miller, American Economist 1998 Death Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1997 Death Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies 1996 Death Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 1996 Death Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 1996 Death George Houston, land economist, dies at 74 1996 Death Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81 1996 Death William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82 1996 Death Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist, dies at 83 1996 Death Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91 1995 Death James Meade, English Economist 1995 Death Murray Rothbard, American Economist 1994 Death Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83 1994 Death Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Death Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist, dies at 88 1994 Death Sol Adler, economist Sinophile, dies at 85 1994 Death Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85 1994 Death Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 1994 Death Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84 1993 Death W Edwards Deming, U.S. economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93 1992 Death Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92 1992 Death Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1991 Death George Joseph Stigler, U.S. economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80 1991 Death Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77 1990 Death Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 1989 Death John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies 1988 Death Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist, dies at 77 1988 Death Raymond W. Goldsmith, U.S. economist, dies at 83 1988 Death Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85 1988 Death Gardiner Means, U.S. economist, dies at 91 1987 Death Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55 1987 Death Walter W. Heller, U.S. economist (Old Myths and New Realities), dies at 71 1987 Death Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist 1987 Death Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 1987 Death Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 1985 Death Simon Kuznets, U.S. economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 1984 Death Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 1983 Death Jevsei G. Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 1979 Death Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 1977 Death Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75 1975 Death Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95 1973 Death Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher dies 1973 Death Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 1972 Death Frank H Knight, American Economist 1964 Death Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 1963 Death William Beveridge, English Economist 1962 Event Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses 1961 Death Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies 1960 Death Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at 68 1959 Death Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies 1958 Death Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74 1958 Death Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 1957 Death Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 1955 Death J A Veraart, economist, dies at 68 1954 Birthday Lawrence Summers, American Economist 1954 Birthday Jeff Sachs, American Economist 1954 Birthday Jeffrey Sachs, born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffrey David Sachs, economist, founder, co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance to end extreme poverty and hunger, Senior Advisor to the Global Poverty Project 1953 Birthday Paul Krugman, born in New York, economist, liberal, political columnist, author, op-ed columnist for 'The New York Times', wrote, 'The Conscience of a Liberal' 1951 Death Johannes C. Kielstra, Dut economist/Governor of Suriname 1933 - 1944, dies at 72 1950 Death Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1950 Death Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59 1950 Death Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 1948 Birthday Willem AFG Vermeend, Dutch economist/undersecretary of Finance, 1994- 1948 Death Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60 1948 Birthday M. A. King, FBA, economist 1947 Death Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, dies at 80 1947 Birthday Thomas Carper, American Economist 1946 Death John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62 1946 Death John Maynard Keynes, English Economist 1946 Death John Clapham, English Economist 1945 Birthday Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP, CDA 1944 Birthday Ries Smits, economist/Dutch MP, CDA 1944 Death Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75 1943 Birthday Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP, PvdA 1943 Death Richard T Ely, U.S. economist (Ground under our feet), dies 1943 Birthday Thomas J. Sargent, American Economist 1943 Birthday Richard Darman, American Economist 1943 Death Beatrice Webb, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine, dies at age 85, in Liphook, England 1943 Birthday Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist 1942 Birthday Thabo Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president, 1994- 1941 Death Werner Sombart, Marxist economist (Handler und Heroes), dies at 78 1941 Death Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67 1941 Death Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Minister of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63 1940 Birthday Muhammad Yunus, Economist 1940 Birthday Gerrit H. Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 1940 Death Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49 1939 Birthday Martin Feldstein, economist, 1977 John Bates Clark Medal 1939 Birthday John W. Snow, American Economist 1938 Death John Bates Clark, American Economist 1937 Birthday J Hans van den Doel, economist and Dutch MP, PvdA 1935 Birthday Dick Dolman, economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber 1935 Death Edwin Cannan, economist, dies 1933 Birthday Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing, D66 1932 Birthday Kees de Galan, Dutch economist 1932 Birthday Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member, PvdA 1931 Birthday Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance 1931 Death Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86 1931 Death Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75 1931 Birthday Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP, PvdA 1930 Birthday Gary Becker, American Economist 1930 Birthday JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor, Limbourg Daily 1928 Birthday John Keith Wright, English economist and Assistant Secretary of State, 1971 - 1984 1927 Birthday Paul A. Volcker, American Economist 1927 Birthday Vernon L. Smith, American Economist 1926 Birthday Alan Walters, political economist 1926 Birthday Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank 1926 Birthday Murray Rothbard, American Economist 1925 Birthday Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95 1924 Birthday Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician, DS'70 1924 Birthday Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician 1923 Birthday Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist, Council of Economic Advisers 1923 Birthday Merton Miller, American Economist 1923 Birthday Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist 1922 Birthday Alan Peacock, economist 1921 Birthday George Houston, land economist 1921 Birthday Kenneth Joseph Arrow, American Economist 1921 Birthday Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983 1921 Birthday Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of finance/director, IMF 1921 Death Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 1920 Birthday Douglass North, American Economist 1920 Birthday Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist 1920 Death Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies 1918 Birthday Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank 1918 Birthday James Tobin, American Economist 1917 Death Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 1917 Death Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at 82 1916 Death P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 1916 Birthday Walt W. Rostow, New York City, economist, Politics and Stages of Growth 1915 Birthday Walter W. Heller, economist, Old Myths and New Realities 1915 Birthday Lord Mishcon, economist 1915 Birthday Paul A. Samuelson, economist, 1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal 1915 Birthday Paul Samuelson, American Economist 1915 Birthday Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gane 1914 Birthday Edith Tilton Penrose, economist 1914 Death Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1914 Birthday David Miles Bensuan-Butt, economist 1914 Birthday William Vickrey, economist 1914 Birthday Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth 1913 Birthday Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist 1912 Birthday Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News 1912 Birthday Milton Friedman, economist, Nobel 1976 1912 Death Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies 1912 Birthday Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel 1911 Birthday Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister 1911 Birthday Clark Kerr, American Economist 1911 Birthday Karl O. Schiller, German economist, Minister of Economics 1910 Birthday Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist 1910 Death Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75 1909 Birthday Alice Rivlin, American Economist 1908 Birthday John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award 1908 Birthday Sol Adler, economist Sinophile 1907 Birthday James Meade, English Economist 1907 Birthday Edward Albert Radice, economist 1906 Birthday Wassely Leontief, Russian/U.S. economist, Nobel 1973 1906 Birthday Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist 1905 Birthday Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist 1905 Death Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1904 Birthday Edward Morris Bernstein, economist 1904 Birthday Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board 1904 Birthday Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist 1904 Birthday John R. Hicks, British economist, Nobel 1972 1903 Birthday Herbert Sally Frankel, economist 1903 Birthday Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969 1902 Birthday Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president, Netherlands Bank 1902 Birthday Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1902 Birthday Leslie Melville, economist 1902 Birthday Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist 1900 Birthday Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist 1899 Birthday Michal Kalecki, Polish economist 1899 Birthday [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Australia/British economist, Road to Serfdom 1899 Birthday Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1898 Birthday Lionel Charles Robbins, Middlesex England, economist 1898 Birthday Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, sociologist/economist, Nobel 1974 1897 Birthday Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker 1897 Birthday Jevsei G Liberman, Ukrainian economist, Plan, profit, bonuses 1896 Birthday Ewan Calague, economist/statistician, Social Security Board 1896 Death Ernst Engel, German Economist 1895 Birthday Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist, won 1st Nobel prize in economy in 1969 1893 Birthday Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader, 1945-.. 1891 Birthday Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist, Theory of Money and Capital 1891 Birthday Michael Polany, Hungarian and English,chemist, economist and sociologist 1891 Birthday Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, SDAP 1891 Birthday Walter Eucken, German economist 1890 Birthday Oege Bakker, Dutch economist 1888 Birthday Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman, EGKS 1888 Birthday Stuart Chase, born in New Hampshire, writer/economist, Tragedy of Waste 1887 Birthday Nico J Polak, Dutch economist 1886 Birthday Joannes A. Veraart, Dutch economist/MP, Jews of the Netherlands 1885 Birthday Frank H Knight, American Economist 1884 Birthday Francois de Vries, Dutch economist 1883 Birthday John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist and journalist 1883 Birthday Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/U.S. economist/minister of finance 1883 Birthday Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist 1881 Birthday Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher 1879 Birthday Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist, multiplier 1879 Birthday Theodore Limperg, business economist, substitute value 1879 Birthday Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician 1879 Birthday William Beveridge, English Economist 1878 Birthday John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname, 1933-44 1878 Birthday Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist, Geschichtsfilosofie 1877 Birthday Arthur C Pigou, English economist, Wealth and welfare 1877 Birthday Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance 1877 Death Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 1875 Birthday Charles Rist, French economist 1874 Birthday Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist 1874 Birthday Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy, 1948-55 1874 Birthday Robert Liefmann, German economist, Unternehmersverbande 1873 Birthday John Clapham, English Economist 1870 Birthday Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1869 Birthday Stephen Leacock, Canada, economist/humorist/professor 1868 Birthday Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist 1867 Birthday Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, compensating dollar 1864 Birthday Nassau William Senior, British economist 1864 Birthday Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, Ancient Judaism 1863 Birthday Georg Adler, German state economist 1860 Birthday Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist 1858 Birthday Beatrice Webb, born in Gloucester, England, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine 1857 Birthday Thorstein Veblen, U.S., economist, Theory of the Leisure Class-1899 1855 Birthday Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance 1854 Birthday Richard T. Ely, U.S. economist, Hard Times 1848 Birthday Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist 1848 Birthday Vilfredo Pareto, Italian Economist 1847 Birthday John Bates Clark, American Economist 1846 Death Friedrich List, German Economist 1844 Birthday Lujo Brentano, German economist 1843 Birthday P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist, Economiste Francais 1842 Birthday Alfred Marshall, London, economist 1840 Birthday Carl Menger, Austrian economist 1838 Birthday Gustav von Schmoller, German economist, Lectern Socialism 1834 Birthday Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist, moral restraint 1834 Birthday Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1834 Birthday Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank 1832 Death Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63 1826 Birthday Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist 1824 Death Tench Coxe, American Economist 1822 Birthday Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist, Nobel 1901 1821 Birthday Ernst Engel, German Economist 1819 Birthday Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial 1818 Birthday Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances, 1879-81 1806 Birthday John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian 1803 Death Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 1801 Birthday Frederic Bastiat, French Economist 1793 Birthday Henry Charles Carey, Philadelphia, economist, Principles of Poli Economy 1790 Birthday Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist 1790 Death Adam Smith, Scottish Economist 1789 Birthday Friedrich List, German Economist 1787 Death Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58 1783 Birthday Johann Heinrich von Thunen, economist/geographer/farmer 1772 Death Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 1772 Birthday David Ricardo, economist 1769 Birthday Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics 1766 Birthday Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer 1755 Birthday Tench Coxe, American Economist 1728 Birthday Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat 1723 Birthday Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary 1723 Birthday Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist, Wealth of Nations, baptized 1719 Birthday Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist 1685 Death Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 1641 Birthday Dudley North, financier/economist 1617 Death Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
