Harry Markowitz: advisors and students

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Harry Markowitz

Also known as Harry M. Markowitz (OpenAlex)

American economist1927 to 2023

Wikidata names Jacob Marschak and Milton Friedman as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Jacob Marschak
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Milton Friedman

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataJacob Marschakstated by WikidataMilton Friedman
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stated by WikidataAlfred Weberstated by WikidataEmil Ledererstated by WikidataKarl Jaspersstated by WikidataSimon Kuznets
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stated by WikidataEugen von Böhm-Bawerkstated by WikidataGustav von Schmollerstated by WikidataLujo Brentanostated by WikidataWesley Clair Mitchell
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stated by WikidataAdolph Wagnerstated by WikidataBruno Hildebrandstated by WikidataCarl Mengerstated by WikidataCarl Wolfgang Christoph Schüzstated by WikidataJ. Laurence Laughlinstated by WikidataJohann von Helferichstated by WikidataKarl Kniesstated by WikidataWilhelm Roscher

Education and career5

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University of Chicago
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Carl Schurz High School
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University of Tokyo
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University of California, San Diego
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RAND Corporation
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At a glance

known as: economist
fields: financial economics, economics
awards: John von Neumann Theory Prize, 1989, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1990, Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1959, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, from 1959
notable works: modern portfolio theory
Wikipedia: in 52 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaHarry Markowitz
stated by WikidataWikidataQ272508
stated by WikidataVIAF71610
stated by WikidataGND12926346X
stated by WikidataIdRef031616933
stated by WikidataISNI0000000110197271

papers

OpenAlexA5010260112a checked match
OpenAlexA5017303756a checked match
stated by WikidataDBLP30/6585
stated by WikidataScopus35576888000

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project201824

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Harry Markowitz: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q272508},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Harry Markowitz: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q272508