William Fellner

{{short description|American economist}}

{{Distinguish|William Feller}}

William John Fellner (born Fellner Vilmos on May 31, 1905 – September 15, 1983) was a Hungarian-American economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University from 1952 until his retirement in 1973.{{cite web |first=James |last=Tobin |authorlink=James Tobin |title=Obituary: William John Fellner 1905–1983 |work=Brookings Institution |url=http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/1983-2/1983b_bpea_tobin.PDF }} Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, he studied at the University of Budapest, the ETH Zurich and the Frederick William University in Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1929,.{{cite news |title=William J. Fellner Dies at 77; Economics Professor at Yale |work=The New York Times |date=16 September 1983 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/16/obituaries/wiliam-j-fellner-dies-at-77-economics-professor-at-yale.html |last1=Waggoner |first1=Walter H. }} Fellner served on the Council of Economic Advisers from 1973 to 1975.