Milton Friedman

Date of Birth: July 31, 1912

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Death: November 16, 2006

Place of Death: San Francisco, California, United States

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Milton Friedman was an American economist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1976.

Milton was the son of Sarah Ethel (Landau) and Jeno Saul Friedman. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Berehove, Ukraine.

Milton’s maternal grandparents were David Landau and Tobe Freida Hershkowitz (the daughter of David Hershkowitz).

Source: Genealogy of Milton Friedman (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com