List of notable or famous economists from Germany, with bios and photos, including the top economists born in Germany and even some popular economists who immigrated to Germany. If you're trying to find out the names of famous German economists then this list is the perfect resource for you. These economists are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known economist from Germany is included when available.
This is a list that includes people like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
This historic economists from Germany list can help answer the questions "Who are some German economists of note?" and "Who are the most famous economists from Germany?" These prominent economists of Germany may or may not be currently alive, but what they all have in common is that they're all respected German economists.
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Adolf Damaschke
Dec. at 69 (1865-1935)Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Adolf Wilhelm Ferdinand Damaschke (born 24 November 1865, Berlin – 30 July 1935, Berlin) was a German politician and economist (Nationalökonom). He founded the German League for Land Reform... more2
Adolf Reichwein
Dec. at 46 (1898-1944)Birthplace: Bad Ems, Germany
Adolf Reichwein (3 October 1898 – 20 October 1944) was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.... more- 3
Adolf Soetbeer
Dec. at 77 (1814-1892)Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Adolf Soetbeer (23 November 1814 – 22 October 1892) was a German economist, born at Hamburg. In 1840 he became librarian and in 1843 Secretary of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, where he laid the... more - 4
Adolph Lowe
Dec. at 102 (1893-1995)Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Adolph Lowe (born Adolf Löwe; 4 March 1893 – 3 June 1995) was a German sociologist and economist. His best known student was Robert Heilbroner. He was born in Stuttgart and died in Wolfenbüttel.... more - 5
Adolph Wagner
Dec. at 82 (1835-1917)Birthplace: Erlangen, Germany
Adolph Wagner (25 March 1835 – 8 November 1917) was a German economist and politician, a leading Kathedersozialist (academic socialist) and public finance scholar and advocate of agrarianism.... more - 6
Alexander Rüstow
Dec. at 78 (1885-1963)Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Germany
Alexander Rüstow (April 8, 1885 – June 30, 1963) was a German sociologist and economist. In 1938 he originated the term neoliberalism at the Colloque Walter Lippmann. He was one of the fathers of the... more - 7
Alfred Weber
Dec. at 89 (1868-1958)Birthplace: Erfurt, Germany
Alfred Weber (German: [ˈveːbɐ]; 30 July 1868 – 2 May 1958) was a German economist, geographer, sociologist and theoretician of culture whose work was influential in the development of modern economic... more - 8
Armin Falk
Age: 53Armin Falk (born 18 January 1968) is a German economist. He holds a chair at the University of Bonn since 2003.... more - 9
Axel A. Weber
Age: 64Birthplace: Kusel, Germany
Axel Alfred Weber (born 8 March 1957) is a German economist, professor, and banker. He is currently a board member and chairman of Swiss investment bank and financial services company, UBS Group... more - 10
Axel Dreher
Age: 48Axel Dreher (born September 17, 1972) is a German economist.He earned a master's degree from the University of Mannheim in 1999, and a Ph.D. in 2003. He is among the 500 top economists of the world... more - 11
Axel Ockenfels
Age: 52Birthplace: Rheydt, Germany
Axel Ockenfels (born 9 February 1969) is a German economist. He is professor of economics at the University of Cologne. He also is Director of the Cologne Laboratory of Economic Research, Speaker of... more - 12
Bärbel Höhn
Age: 69Birthplace: Flensburg, Germany
Bärbel Höhn (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 national elections, after serving as State Minister of Agriculture of... more - 13
Bruno Hildebrand
Dec. at 65 (1812-1878)Birthplace: Naumburg, Germany
Bruno Hildebrand (6 March 1812 – 29 January 1878) was a German economist representing the "older" historical school of economics. His economic thinking was highly critical of classical economists,... more 
14Carl Brinkmann
Dec. at 69 (1885-1954)Carl Brinkmann (19 March 1885 – 20 May 1954) was a German sociologist and economist, focusing on socioeconomics and the history of political economy. Brinkmann was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, now... more- 15
Christoph Müller
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Dieter Kempf
Age: 68Birthplace: Munich, Germany
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Eduard Heimann
Dec. at 77 (1889-1967)Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
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Emil Lederer
Dec. at 56 (1882-1939)Birthplace: Plzeň Region, Europe, Pilsen, Czech Republic, Central Europe
Emil Lederer (22 July 1882 – 29 May 1939) was a Bohemian-born German economist and sociologist. Purged from his position at Humboldt University of Berlin in 1933 for being Jewish, Lederer fled into... more - 19
Ernst Engel
Dec. at 75 (1821-1896)Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Ernst Engel (; German: [ˈɛŋəl]; March 26, 1821 – December 8, 1896) was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and Engel's law.... more - 20
Erwin Huber
Age: 75Birthplace: Reisbach, Germany
Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German politician. He was chairman of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria from 2007 to 2008.... more - 21
Étienne Laspeyres
Dec. at 78 (1834-1913)Birthplace: Halle, Germany
Ernst Louis Étienne Laspeyres (German: [laˈspɛːɐ̯]; 28 November 1834 – 4 August 1913) was a German economist. He was Professor ordinarius of economics and statistics or State Sciences and... more - 22
Eugen Dühring
Dec. at 88 (1833-1921)Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Eugen Karl Dühring (12 January 1833, Berlin – 21 September 1901, Nowawes in modern-day Potsdam-Babelsberg) was a German philosopher, positivist, economist, and socialist who was a strong critic of... more - 23
Eugen Schmalenbach
Dec. at 81 (1873-1955)Birthplace: Halver, Germany
Eugen Schmalenbach (20 August 1873 – 20 February 1955) was a German academic and economist. He was born in Halver, and attended the Leipzig College of Commerce starting in 1898. That college later... more - 24
Ferdinand Zimmermann
Dec. at 68 (1898-1967)Birthplace: Bad Freienwalde, Germany
Ferdinand Friedrich Zimmermann (August 14, 1898 – July 11, 1967) was a German author. He used his pseudonym of Ferdinand Fried to publish. Zimmermann was born in Bad Freienwalde, studied economics... more - 25
Francis Lieber
Dec. at 72 (1800-1872)Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Francis Lieber (March 18, 1798 or 1800 – October 2, 1872), known as Franz Lieber in Germany, was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He edited an Encyclopaedia Americana. He... more
