Famous People with Name Hirsh

Hirsh Zvi Griliches            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Hirsh Zvi Griliches: was an economist at Harvard University. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in an assimilated Jewish family that spoke Russian at home. During World War II he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp. In 1947 he emigrated to Palestine, where he served in th

Hallee Leah Hirsh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hallee Leah Hirsh: an American actress best known for her role as Daley in the children's series Flight 29 Down.

Jason Michael Hirsh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Michael Hirsh: is a starting pitcher in the New York Yankees organization in Major League Baseball.He dominated the New York-Penn League in his pro debut, going 3–1 for the 2003 Tri-City ValleyCats, with a 1.95 ERA, limiting batters to a .175 average, and fanning 33 hitters in 32.1 innings of work. Following the season he was rated the No. 8 prospect in the organization by Baseball America.[4] In 2004 he skipped the low-A Lexington Legends to record 11 victories with the Advanced-A Salem Avalanche, while honing his secondary pitches.

Jack Hirshleifer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Hirshleifer: was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.He received a B.S. from Harvard University in 1945 and a Ph.D. in 1950. He worked at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica from 1949 to 1955. He then taught at the University of Chicago from 1955 to 1960, and at UCLA until 2001. Hirshleifer was well-known for his work on uncertainty and information in economics, the economic analysis of conflict, and bioeconomics. His undergraduate textbook, Price Theory and Applications, went into seven editions. A 1958 article by Hirshleifer began the triumphant comeback of Irving Fisher's theory of capital and interest, now deemed canonical.