John Harsanyi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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hungarian economist
Date of Birth: 29-May-1920
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Date of Death: 09-Aug-2000
Profession: professor, economist
Nationality: Hungary, United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About John Harsanyi
- John Charles Harsanyi (Hungarian: Harsányi János Károly; May 29, 1920 – August 9, 2000) was a Hungarian-American economist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games.
- He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy (specifically utilitarian ethics) as well as contributing to the study of equilibrium selection.
- For his work, he was a co-recipient along with John Nash and Reinhard Selten of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- According to György Marx, he was one of The Martians.
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