John von Neumann

John von Neumann

male, deceased (1957)
genius, universal constructor, convert to Roman Catholicism, Pancreatic cancer death, Bone cancer death, American…gametheory, set theory, operator theory, game theorist
John von Neumann (born Margittai Neumann János Lajos on December 28, 1903 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; died February 8, 1957 in Washington D.C., U...
Thomas Schelling

Thomas Schelling

male, 88 years old
Berkeley, Yale University, Kennedy School, University of California, white house, Nobel Prize in Economics…game-theory, game theorist, gametheory
Thomas Crombie Schelling (born 14 April 1921) is an American economist and professor of foreign affairs, national security, nuclear strategy, and...
Ariel Rubinstein

Ariel Rubinstein

male, 58 years old
Fellow of the Econometric Society, New York University, Israel Prize recipient, gametheory, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, mathematics…game theorist
Ariel Rubinstein (born April 13, 1951) is an economist who works in game theory. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1972-1979,...
Oskar Morgenstern

Oskar Morgenstern

male, deceased (1977)
Neumann-Morgenstern utility, from Görlitz, Austrian, gametheory, game theorist, hitler…Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Oskar Morgenstern was a German born Austrian economist who, working with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory (see...
Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten

male, 79 years old
Nobel laureate in Economics, Esperantist, Jewish, Jewish person, Province of Lower Silesia, scientist…gametheory, game theorist
Reinhard Selten is a German economist. Selten was born in Breslau (Wrocław) in Lower Silesia, now in Poland. For his work in game theory, Selten w...
Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole

male, 56 years old
European Economic Association, l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, MIT, gametheory, econometric society, economics…The Theory of Industrial Organization, theory of games, organization theory, Theory of Collective Reputations, game theorist
Jean Tirole is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and...
Robert Aumann

Robert Aumann

male, 79 years old
Jewish person, scientist, German, Jewish, gametheory, Erdős number 3…game theorist, John von Neumann Theory Prize Winner, game-theory
Yisrael Robert John Aumann (born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli mathematician and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He works...
John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith

male, deceased (2004)
Evolutionary biologist, signaling theory, Erdős number 4, Population geneticist, From London, gametheory…signalling theory, game theorist
Professor John Maynard Smith, F.R.S. (6 January 1920 - 19 April 2004) was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an...
Eric Maskin

Eric Maskin

male, 58 years old
Harvard University, mechanism design, implementation theory, European Economic Association, economic theory, British Academy…gametheory
Eric Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist. He is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for...
John Forbes Nash Jr.

John Forbes Nash Jr.

male, 81 years old
20th century mathematician, a beautiful mind, gametheory, john nash, Nobel Prize in Economics winner, game theorist…John von Neumann Theory Prize Winner, Board game designer
John Forbes Nash, Jr. (born June 13 1928) is an American mathematician who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential...