Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
The Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
Born: 19, Jan, 1912, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Died: 7, Apr, 1986, Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Prize motivation: "for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Prize share: 1/2