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Paul Allen

American businessman, investor and philanthropist

1953 - 2018

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His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2024). Paul Allen is the 103rd most popular businessperson (down from 92nd in 2024), the 1,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Businessperson.

Paul Allen is most famous for co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates.

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Paul Allen's biography appears in 78 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 98% of all Businesspeople.

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Paul Allen shares a January 21 birthday with Grigori Rasputin, Plácido Domingo, and Oscar II of Sweden.

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Among Businesspeople

Among businesspeople, Paul Allen ranks 103 out of 1,001. Before him are Chris Gardner, Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, Piero Ferrari, Kris Jenner, and Mark Zuckerberg. After him are Colonel Tom Parker, Adnan Khashoggi, Joan Laporta, Helena Rubinstein, Mercédès Jellinek, and Steve Witkoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Paul Allen ranks 44. Before him are Peter Stormare, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Guy Verhofstadt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and Jean-Marie Pfaff. After him are Malcolm Young, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, James Horner, and Kitarō. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Allen ranks 50. Before him are Sondra Locke, Arto Paasilinna, V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Jamal Khashoggi, Jin Yong, Gudrun Burwitz, Robert Venturi, R. Lee Ermey, and Shoko Asahara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Allen ranks 1,185 out of 23,232. Before him are John J. Pershing (1860), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Ray Manzarek (1939), Ginger Rogers (1911), John Brown (1800), and Tony Bennett (1926). After him are Tina Fey (1970), James Tobin (1918), Lynn Margulis (1938), Vivian Maier (1926), Herbie Hancock (1940), and Jayne Mansfield (1933).

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Among Businesspeople In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Paul Allen ranks 44. Before him are Charles Koch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), Chris Gardner (1954), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Kris Jenner (1955), and Mark Zuckerberg (1984). After him are Steve Witkoff (1957), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Charlie Munger (1924), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Ronald Wayne (1934), and Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861).

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