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Date of Birth
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05-August-1906
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Place of Birth
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Munich
(Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
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Also know as
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Wassily W. Leontief, Wassily Wassilyovich Leontief
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Profession
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Scientist, Economist, Author
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Wassily Wassilyovich Leontief, was a Russian-American economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won the Nobel Committee's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1973, and three of his doctoral students have also been awarded the prize.
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