Ben Bernanke

Ben Shalom Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Federal Reserve, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis, for which he was named the 2009 Time Person of the Year. Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the Department of Economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. Bernanke was awarded the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Douglas Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig, "for research on banks and financial crises", more specifically for his analysis of the Great Depression.

13 December 1953

Born on the same birth date (13 December 1953): Bob Gainey

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Alvin York • Carlo Gozzi • Danielle Collins • Dick Van Dyke • Elizabeth Alexander (scientist) • Emma Corrin • Gus Johnson (basketball) • Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner • Krišjānis Kariņš • Laurens van der Post • Lillian Board • Martín de Azpilcueta • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos • Paul Speratus • Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark • Richard D. Zanuck • Richard Dent • Robert Plot • Solomon Feferman • Taylor Swift • Tom DeLonge • Trygve Haavelmo • Werner von Siemens • Yongzheng Emperor

Born in the same month (December 1953): András Schiff • Bob Gainey • Chris Bury • Cornelis de Bondt • Dana Key • Franz Klammer • Graham Vick • J. M. DeMatteis • Makis Katsavakis • Meredith Vieira • Rebecca Forstadt • Roy Firestone • Stanley Williams • Tom Underwood • Vangelis Meimarakis • Vijay Amritraj • Wade Davis (anthropologist) • Władysław Kozakiewicz