Born: 8 May 1899 · Died: 23 March 1992 · Age at death: 92
How old was Friedrich Hayek when he died?
Friedrich Hayek died aged 92. He was born on 8 May 1899 and died on 23 March 1992.
Austrian-British economist of The Road to Serfdom who championed free markets and won the Nobel Prize in economics
Did you know?He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War and survived a serious bout of Spanish flu.
Quick facts
Date of birth8 May 1899
Date of death23 March 1992
Age at death92
NationalityAustrian-British
BirthplaceVienna, Austria
Occupationeconomist, philosopher, historian
Editor's Take:
Friedrich Hayek was the twentieth century's most famous defender of free markets. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army in the First World War, then studied in Vienna. At the London School of Economics he clashed with John Maynard Keynes over the causes of depressions. In 1944 he published The Road to Serfdom, warning that central economic planning leads to tyranny. Prices, he argued, carry knowledge no planner could ever gather. He was out of fashion for decades. Then he shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in economics, and his ideas inspired Thatcher and Reagan.
Key Milestones
1931: LSE – joined faculty
1944: The Road to Serfdom – published
1947: Mont Pelerin Society – founded
1974: Nobel Prize – economics
Friedrich August von Hayek (8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992) was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history.
Friedrich Hayek's birthday is May 8. He was born on May 8, 1899 in Vienna, Austria.
How old was Friedrich Hayek when he died?
Friedrich Hayek died on March 23, 1992, aged 92.
Who shares a birthday with Friedrich Hayek?
Famous people who share Friedrich Hayek's May 8 birthday include Harry S. Truman, Henry Dunant, Enrique Iglesias, David Attenborough and John Michael Talbot.
