Notable economists
Some current well-known economists include:

Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher. Known as
father of economics.

John Maynard Keynes, English economist well known for
forming the basis of Keynesian economics

Amartya Sen (b. 1933), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences laureate and professor at Harvard University.

Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
laureate and professor at Stanford University.

Robert Aumann (b. 1930), Israeli-American mathematician,
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2005

B.R. Ambedkar, who was an Indian scholar, jurist, economist,
politician and social reformer. The Reserve Bank of India
was conceptualized in accordance with the guidelines presented
by Ambedkar to the Hilton Young Commission (also known as
Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance) based on his
book, The Problem of the Rupee – Its Origin and Its Solution.

Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006-2014.

Esther Duflo, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
laureate and professor at MIT

Milton Friedman, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics laureate.

Claudia Goldin, professor at Harvard University

Alan Greenspan, Chairman of Federal Reserve from 1987-2006.

James Heckman, 2000 Nobel Prize winner and Professor at
University of Chicago; most cited economist as of 2018.

Glenn Hubbard, Dean of the Columbia U. Grad School of
Business; Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2001-03.

Thomas M. Humphrey, American economist and historian
of economic thought.

Paul Krugman, a 2008 Nobel in Economics laureate, a public

intellectual, and an advocate of modern liberal policies.

Greg Mankiw, American macroeconomist, academic economist,
public intellectual, Chair of the Council of Economic
Advisers from 2003-05.

Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel in Economics winner, critic of
inequality & the governance of globalization, & former
World Bank Chief Economist.

Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born international economist & author
who analyzes the macroeconomy & global affairs.

Thomas Sowell, American economist & social theorist, Senior
Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Robert Lucas Jr., 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics winner.

Carmen Reinhart, member of American Economic Assn, 2018,
King Juan Carlos Prize in Economics winner

William Forsyth Sharpe, 1990 Nobel in Economics winner

Christopher Antoniou Pissarides, 2010 Nobel in Economics.

Arthur Laffer, 2019 Presidential Medal of Freedom winner

Jeffrey Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development at
Columbia's School of Int'l & Public Affairs, 2015 Blue
Planet Prize awarded

Vusal Gasimli, Azerbaijani economist and public intellectual,
author of Geo-Economics

Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher,
author of Human Action.

Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics
laureate and author of The Road to Serfdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economist