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Adam MüllerAuthor · BooksAdam Heinrich Müller (30 June 1779 – 17 January 1829; after 1827 Ritter von Nitterdorf) was a German-Austrian conservative philosopher, literary critic, and political economist, working…
Al-MaqriziAuthor · BooksAl-Maqrīzī (full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, تقي الدين أحمد بن علي بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزي;
Albert SchäffleAuthor · BooksAlbert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle (24 February 183125 December 1903) was a German sociologist, political economist, and newspaper editor.
Albertus MagnusAuthor · BooksAlbertus Magnus (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher,…
Alexander BardAuthor · BooksAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard (born 17 March 1961) is a Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of…
Alexander BogdanovAuthor · BooksAlexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (– 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and Bolshevik revolutionary.
Alexander HamiltonAuthor · BooksAlexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S.
Alexander RadishchevAuthor · BooksAlexander Nikolayevich Radishchev (–) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great.
Alexander RadóAuthor · Maps and atlases
Alexander von HumboldtAuthor · BooksFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
Alfred Mitchell-InnesAuthor · BooksAlfred Mitchell-Innes (30 June 1864 – 13 February 1950) was a British diplomat, economist and author.
Amintore FanfaniArtist · PaintingsAmintore Fanfani (Italian pronunciation: [aˈmintore faɱˈfaːni]; 6 February 1908 – 20 November 1999) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for…
Amy ChuaAuthor · BooksAmy Lynn Chua (Chinese: 蔡美儿; born October 26, 1962) is an American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr.
Anders ChydeniusAuthor · BooksAnders Chydenius (lang; 26 February 1729 – 1 February 1803) was a Swedish-Finnish Lutheran priest, member of the Swedish Riksdag, and one of the most important champions of democratic…
André GorzAuthor · BooksGérard Horst (lang; Gerhart Hirsch; 9 February 1923 – 22 September 2007), more commonly known by his pen names André Gorz (lang) and Michel Bosquet (lang), was an Austrian-French social…
Andre Gunder FrankAuthor · BooksAndré Gunder Frank, born Andreas Frank; (February 24, 1929 – April 23, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and…
André MorelletAuthor · BooksIllustration — Engraving of André Morellet
Andrés Martínez TruebaAuthor · BooksAndrés Martínez Trueba (11 February 1884 – 19 December 1959) was the President of Uruguay from 1951 to 1955.
Angus DeatonAuthor · BooksSir Angus Stewart Deaton (born 19 October 1945) is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D.
Anselm GrünAuthor · BooksAnselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born 14 January 1945 in Junkershausen, Germany) is a German Benedictine monk.
Antoine de MontchrestienAuthor · BooksAntoine de Montchrestien (also Montchrétien; c. 15757 or 8 October 1621) was a French soldier, dramatist, adventurer and economist.
Antoine LavoisierAuthor · BooksAntoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (26 August 17438 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical…
Antonio GramsciAuthor · BooksAntonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist and politician.
Arno PetersAuthor · Maps and atlasesArno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection.
Arthur YoungAuthor · BooksArthur Young FRS (11 September 1741 – 12 April 1820) was an English agriculturist.
Ashraf GhaniAuthor · BooksMohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was…
Augustus MongredienAuthor · BooksAugustus Mongredien (1807–1888) was a corn merchant, also known as a political economist and writer. He was a leading amateur British chess master.
Aurelio PecceiAuthor · BooksAurelio Peccei (4 July 1908 – 14 March 1984), was an Italian industrialist and philanthropist, who co-founded with Alexander King and first president of the Club of Rome, an organisation…
B. R. AmbedkarArtist · PaintingsBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India…
Barbara BodichonArtist · PaintingsBarbara Bodichon (8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891), born Barbara Leigh Smith, was an English educationalist, artist, and philanthropist, a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights…
Barthélemy-Prosper EnfantinAuthor · BooksBarthélemy-Prosper Enfantin (8 February 17961 September 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism. He was also a proponent of a Suez Canal.
Ben McKenziePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978) is an American actor, author, and commentator.
Benedict FriedlaenderAuthor · BooksBenedict Friedlaender (8 July 1866 – 21 June 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Benoit MandelbrotAuthor · BooksBenoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding…
Benoy Kumar SarkarAuthor · BooksBenoy Kumar Sarkar (sometimes Binoy Kumar Sarkar) (December 26, 1887, Malda, British India – November 23, 1949, Washington D.C, United States) was an Indian social scientist, professor, and…
Bjørn LomborgAuthor · BooksEnvironmental Assessment Institute, Hoover Institution, Copenhagen Consensus Center
Boualem SansalAuthor · BooksBoualem Sansal (Tamazight: Buɛlam Senṣal; Tifinagh: ⴱⵓⴰⵍⴰⵎ ⵙⴻⵏⵚⴰⵍ; bwalɛm sɑ̃sal; born 15 October 1944) is a French-Algerian author who writes in French.
Brian HallisayPerson · Film memorabiliaBrian Gleidson Hallisay (born October 31, 1978) is an American actor, known for his roles as Will Davis in The CW drama series Privileged and Kyle Parks in the Lifetime drama series The…
Burton MalkielAuthor · BooksBurton Gordon Malkiel (born August 28, 1932) is an American economist, financial executive, and writer most noted for his classic finance book A Random Walk Down Wall Street (first…
C. D. HoweArtist · PaintingsClarence Decatur Howe (15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was an American-born Canadian engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician.
C. K. PrahaladAuthor · BooksCoimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad (8 August 1941 – 16 April 2010) was an Indian-American entrepreneur and author.
Carl Friedrich von RumohrAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Carl Friedrich von Rumohr by Friedrich von Nerly
Charles G. DawesPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge.
Charles HandyAuthor · BooksCharles Brian Handy, CBE (25 July 1932 – 13 December 2024) was an Irish author and philosopher who specialised in organisational behaviour and management.
Christiane TaubiraAuthor · BooksChristiane Marie Taubira (born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls…
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonAuthor · BooksClaude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825), better known as Henri de Saint-Simon (lang), was a French political, economic and socialist theorist and…
Dan ArielyAuthor · BooksDan Ariely (born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American author and professor of business administration at Duke University.
Don TapscottAuthor · BooksDon Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
Douglas McGregorAuthor · BooksDouglas Murray McGregor (September 6, 1906 – October 1, 1964) was an American management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president of Antioch College from 1948 to 1954.
Edith AbbottAuthor · BooksEdith Abbott (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Eduard BernsteinAuthor · BooksEduard Bernstein (lang; 6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic politician and socialist theorist.
Edward Gibbon WakefieldAuthor · BooksEdward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 179616 May 1862) was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand.
Edward GlaeserAuthor · BooksEdward Ludwig Glaeser (born May 1, 1967) is an American economist and the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Elena KotovaDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Elena Kotova (2011)
Elisabeth Altmann-GottheinerAuthor · BooksElisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner (26 March 1874 – 21 October 1930) was a German economist, educator and women's rights activist.
Eliyahu M. GoldrattmmnjAuthor · BooksEliyahu Moshe Goldratt (March 31, 1947 – June 11, 2011) was an Israeli business management guru.
Ellen Swallow RichardsAuthor · BooksEllen Henrietta Swallow Richards (Swallow; December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the…
Éric de Moulins-BeaufortAuthor · BooksÉric de Moulins-Beaufort (born 30 January 1962) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 2008 and the Archbishop of Reims since 2018.
Ernest MandelAuthor · BooksErnest Ezra Mandel (lang; 5 April 1923 – 20 July 1995), also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter, was a Belgian Marxian economist,…
Etyen MahçupyanAuthor · BooksEtyen Mahçupyan (born 9 March 1950) is a Turkish journalist, writer, columnist and politician of Armenian descent who served as the senior adviser to Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet…
Ezra PoundAuthor · BooksEzra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and…
Ferdinand LassalleAuthor · BooksFerdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle (11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864) was a German jurist, philosopher, and socialist activist.
Ferdinand TönniesAuthor · BooksFerdinand Tönnies (German: [ˈtœniːs]; 26 July 1855 – 8 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher.
Ferenc GyurcsányAuthor · Books
Fernando del PasoArtist · PaintingsFernando del Paso Morante (1 April 1935 – 14 November 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist, and poet.
Flora TristanAuthor · BooksFlore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso (7 April 1803 – 14 November 1844), better known as Flora Tristan, was a French-Peruvian writer and socialist activist.
Francis FukuyamaPhotographer · PhotographyFrancis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar.
Francis HutchesonAuthor · BooksFrancis Hutcheson was a British and Irish philosopher, economist, theologian, writer and university teacher (1694–1746). He was born in Drumalig and died in Dublin.
François QuesnayAuthor · BooksFrançois Quesnay (lang; 4 June 1694 – 16 December 1774) was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school.
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František Ladislav RiegerAuthor · BooksFrantišek Ladislav Rieger (10 December 1818 – 3 March 1903) was a Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement.
Franz OppenheimerAuthor · BooksFranz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German-American sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state.
Friedrich Albert LangeAuthor · BooksFriedrich Albert Lange (lang; 28 September 1828 – 21 November 1875) was a German philosopher and sociologist.
Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosAuthor · BooksGaspar Melchor "Jovino" de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure…
Georg von CancrinAuthor · BooksCount Georg Ludwig Cancrin (Yegor Frantsevich Kankrin; 16 November 1774 – 10 September 1845) was a Russian German aristocrat and politician best known for spearheading reforms in the…
George SorosAuthor · BooksGeorge Soros (born Schwartz György; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist. Soros has donated more than $32 billion
Gérard KleinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gérard Klein, Utopiales 2011
Gian Rinaldo CarliAuthor · BooksGian Rinaldo Carli (11 April 1720 – 22 February 1795), also known by other names, was a Venetian economist, historian, and antiquarian.
Giovanni BoteroAuthor · BooksGiovanni Botero (c. 1544 – 23 June 1617) was an Italian thinker, Catholic priest, poet, and diplomat, author of Della Ragion di Stato (The Reason of State), in ten chapters, printed in…
Gizem SakaArtist · PaintingsGizem Saka (born 9 April 1978, Istanbul) is a contemporary Turkish artist and an economist.
Gopal Krishna GokhaleAuthor · BooksGopal Krishna Gokhale ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|[ˈɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː]]] 9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian…
Guido von ListAuthor · BooksGuido Karl Anton List (5 October 1848 – 17 May 1919), better known as Guido von List, was an Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist.
Haim ArlosoroffAuthor · BooksHaim Arlosoroff (23 February 1899 – 16 June 1933; also known as Chaim Arlozorov) was a Socialist Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine before the…
Harriet MartineauAuthor · BooksHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.[2] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte,…
Helmut SchmidtPerson · Music memorabiliaHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of…
Henry GeorgeAuthor · BooksHenry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist, social philosopher and journalist.
Herbert SpencerAuthor · BooksHerbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
Hernando de SotoAuthor · BooksHe was born in Arequipa.
Ibn KhaldunAuthor · BooksIbn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
İbrahim MüteferrikaAuthor · BooksIbrahim Muteferrika (İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run…
Igor MirovićAuthor · BooksIgor Mirović (Игор Мировић; born 12 July 1968) is a Serbian politician, economist, and poet who served as the president of the Government of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2024.
Immanuel WallersteinAuthor · BooksImmanuel Maurice Wallerstein (also; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian.
Jacob Georg AgardhAuthor · BooksJacob Georg Agardh (8 December 1813 in Lund, Sweden – 17 January 1901 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.
Jane JacobsAuthor · BooksJane Isabel Jacobs (Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics.
Jared BernsteinAuthor · BooksJared Bernstein (born December 26, 1955) is an American economist and government official, who was the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers from July 2023 until the end…
Jean Charles Léonard de SismondiAuthor · BooksJean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, also known as Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl leɔnaʁ də sismɔ̃di];
Jean FourastiéAuthor · BooksJean Fourastié (15 April 190725 July 1990) was a French civil servant, economist, professor and public intellectual.
Jean-Baptiste SayAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Say (5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business.
Jean-Pierre Van RossemAuthor · Books
Jeffrey SachsAuthor · BooksJeffrey David Sachs (born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst.
Jo NesbøAuthor · BooksJon "Jo" Nesbø (lang; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author…
Joaquín CostaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Joaquín Costa by Victoriano Balasanz
Johann Heinrich Jung-StillingAuthor · BooksJohann Heinrich Jung (12 September 1740, in Grund – 2 April 1817, in Karlsruhe), better known by his assumed name Heinrich Stilling, was a German author.
Johann Karl RodbertusAuthor · BooksJohann Karl Rodbertus (August 12, 1805, in Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania – December 6, 1875, in Jagetzow), also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist and a…
John BascomAuthor · BooksJohn Bascom (May 1, 1827October 2, 1911) was an American professor, college president and writer.
John Bates ClarkAuthor · BooksJohn Bates Clark (January 26, 1847 – March 21, 1938) was an American neoclassical economist.
John BowringAuthor · BooksSir John Bowring, or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot…
John PerkinsAuthor · Books
Joop den UylAuthor · BooksJohannes Marten den Uijl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987), better known as Joop den Uyl, was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to…
José EchegarayAuthor · BooksJosé Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 183214 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politician, and one of the leading dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th…
José Luis SampedroAuthor · Books
Joseph DeissPhotographer · PhotographyJoseph Deiss (born 18 January 1946) is a Swiss economist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2006.
Josiah WarrenPerson · Music memorabiliaJosiah Warren (June 26, 1798 – April 14, 1874) was an American social reformer, inventor, musician, businessman, and philosopher.
Juan Bravo MurilloAuthor · BooksJuan Bravo Murillo (24 June 1803 – 11 February 1873) was a Spanish politician and lawyer.
Justine GreeningAuthor · BooksJustine Greening (born 30 April 1969) is an English former politician who was the Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018.
Karl LamprechtAuthor · BooksKarl Gotthard Lamprecht (25 February 1856 – 10 May 1915) was a German historian who specialized in German art and economic history.
Karl Ludwig von HallerAuthor · BooksKarl Ludwig von Haller (1 August 1768 – 20 May 1854) was a Swiss jurist, statesman and political philosopher.
Karl MarxAuthor · BooksKarl Marx (lang; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist.
Kâtip ÇelebiPerson · Music memorabiliaKâtip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي) or Ḥājjī Khalīfa (حاجي خليفة) (1017 AH/1609 AD – 1068 AH/1657 AD) was a Turkish polymath and author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire.
Kenneth E. BouldingAuthor · BooksKenneth Ewart Boulding (January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993) was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher.

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