Economist Graves & Memorials

Henry Carter Adams

1851–1921 (age 70)

Forest Hill Cemetery

Henry Carter Adams was a Davenport-born American economist and academic who lived from 1851 to 1921.

Isaac Hourwich

1860–1924 (age 64)

Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium

Isaac Hourwich (1860-1924) was a Vilnius-born economist and labor statistician who worked in the United States.

John Bates Clark

1847–1938 (age 91)

Lakewood Cemetery

John Bates Clark (1847-1938) was a prominent economist and social theorist born in Providence.

Richard T. Ely

1854–1943 (age 89)

Forest Hill Cemetery

Richard T. Ely (1854-1943) was an influential American economist and social reformer.

John R. Commons

1862–1945 (age 83)

Forest Hill Cemetery

John R. Commons (1862-1945) was a pioneering American institutional economist and labor historian.

Irving Fisher

1867–1947 (age 80)

Evergreen Cemetery

Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an American economist and statistician known for his contributions to monetary theory.

Sumner Slichter

1892–1959 (age 67)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Sumner Slichter was an American economist who served as a prominent labor economist and advisor to government policy.

Edward J. Mehren

1881–1963 (age 82)

Oceanside

Edward J. Mehren was an American economist and agricultural policy expert who contributed to mid-20th century economic d...

Edwin E. Witte

1887–1960 (age 73)

Forest Hill Cemetery

Edwin E. Witte (1887-1960) was an American economist and social security expert who helped shape New Deal policies.

Emily Greene Balch

1867–1961 (age 94)

Forest Hills Cemetery

Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) was an American economist, sociologist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Arthur W. Marget

1899–1962 (age 63)

Ohavi Sedeck Cemetery

Arthur W. Marget (1899-1962) was a Chelsea resident and economist during the mid-20th century.

John Maurice Clark

1884–1963 (age 79)

Hillside Cemetery

John Maurice Clark (1884-1963) was an American economist and institutional theorist who made significant contributions t...

Alvin Saunders Johnson

1874–1971 (age 97)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Alvin Saunders Johnson was a Homer resident and economist who lived from 1874 to 1971.

Liu Ta-Chung

1914–1975 (age 61)

George Washington Memorial Park

Liu Ta-Chung was a prominent Chinese economist and academic who contributed significantly to economic theory and develop...

Arland Augustus Dirlam

1905–1979 (age 74)

Waterside Cemetery

Arland Augustus Dirlam (1905-1979) was a Somerville resident and economist.

William John Fellner

1905–1983 (age 78)

Mountain View Cemetery

William John Fellner was a Hungarian-American economist known for his contributions to economic theory and analysis.

Simon Kuznets

1901–1985 (age 84)

Sharon Memorial Park

Simon Kuznets was a Belarusian-American economist who won the Nobel Prize for his empirical research on economic growth ...

James Harvey Rogers

1886–1939 (age 53)

Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery

James Harvey Rogers (1886–1939) was an American economist and Yale professor celebrated for his economic analysis befo...

Frank William Taussig

1859–1940 (age 81)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

A distinguished economist whose scholarship helped shape U.S. trade policy.

Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague

1873–1953 (age 80)

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague (1873–1953) from Somerville is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Oskar Morgenstern

1902–1977 (age 75)

Princeton Cemetery

Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), the Görlitz-born economist who helped found game theory, is interred at Princeton Ceme...

Leonard Rapping

1934–1991 (age 57)

Sharon Memorial Park

Leonard Rapping (1934-1991) was an American economist and author who wrote extensively about labor markets.

Julian Simon

1932–1998 (age 66)

King David Memorial Gardens

Julian Simon (1932–1998) was laid to rest at King David Memorial Gardens in Newark.

Harvey Leibenstein

1922–1994 (age 72)

Beth Israel Memorial Park

Harvey Leibenstein (1922–1994) was an Ivanopil-born economist laid to rest at Beth Israel Memorial Park.

Zvi Griliches

1930–1999 (age 69)

Beit Olam Cemetery

Zvi Griliches (1930–1999) was an Israeli-born economist known for his work on productivity and human capital who is bu...

Murray Rothbard

1926–1995 (age 69)

Oakwood Cemetery

Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) was an influential American economist and libertarian theorist laid to rest at Oakwood Cem...

Robert Roosa

1918–1993 (age 75)

Highland Memorial Park

Robert Roosa (1918-1993) was an influential economist and U.S. Treasury official who helped manage American monetary pol...

H. Gregg Lewis

1914–1992 (age 78)

Lambs Cemetery

H. Gregg Lewis (1914-1992) was a labor economist whose rigorous studies of wage systems reshaped twentieth-century labor...

Milton Friedman

1912–2006 (age 94)

San Francisco Bay

Milton Friedman (1912–2006) was a Brooklyn-born economist and Nobel laureate whose ideas reshaped policy and who was b...

Sherwin Rosen

1938–2001 (age 63)

Zion Gardens

Sherwin Rosen (1938–2001) was a Chicago-born economist recognized for his pioneering work on the economics of matching...

Mollie Orshansky

1915–2006 (age 91)

Mount Lebanon Cemetery

Mollie Orshansky (1915–2006) was an American economist who developed the widely used Orshansky poverty thresholds.

Lawrence Klein

1920–2013 (age 93)

Philadelphia

Lawrence Klein was an Omaha-born economist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on econometric forecasting.

Ronald Coase

1910–2013 (age 103)

Graceland Cemetery

Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was a British economist and Nobel laureate celebrated for his work on transaction costs and pro...

Gary Becker

1930–2014 (age 84)

Oak Woods Cemetery

Gary Becker (1930–2014) of Pottsville was a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

Oliver E. Williamson

1932–2020 (age 88)

Greenwood Cemetery

Economist Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020) of Superior, Nobel laureate in economic sciences, is buried at Greenwood Ce...

Nikolai Kondratiev

1892–1938 (age 46)

Kommunarka shooting ground

Nikolai Kondratiev (1892-1938) was a Soviet economist famous for his theory of economic cycles who was executed during t...

Hippolyte Rodrigues

1812–1898 (age 86)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Hippolyte Rodrigues was a French economist and Saint-Simonian socialist thinker from Bordeaux who advocated for economic...

Jacques Rueff

1896–1978 (age 82)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Rueff was a prominent French economist and financial expert who advised French governments and served on the Aca...

Henry Dunning Macleod

1821–1902 (age 81)

West Norwood Cemetery

Henry Dunning Macleod was a Scottish economist and banking theorist who developed influential ideas on credit and curren...