János Kornai

János Kornai (21 January 1928 – 18 October 2021) was a Hungarian economist. He was known for criticism of command economies of Eastern European communist states. He was emeritus professor at both Harvard University and Corvinus University of Budapest. In 1982, he became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Kornai died on 18 October 2021, at the age of 93.