Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist and Nobel Laureate. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013, announced October 14, 2013. Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert J. Shiller, “for their empirical analysis of asset prices”. Eugene F. Fama: born 1939, Boston, MA, USA. Lars Peter Hansen: born 1952, Urbana, IL, USA. Robert J. Shiller: born 1946, Detroit, MI, USA. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).