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Albert Kahn

1860 - 1940

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Albert Kahn (3 March 1860 – 14 November 1940) was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating The Archives of the Planet, a vast photographical project. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Kahn has received more than 15,638 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Albert Kahn is the 292nd most popular businessperson (down from 269th in 2019), the 2,854th most popular biography from France (down from 2,626th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Businessperson.

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  • 2.31

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Albert Kahn ranks 292 out of 847Before him are Aurelio Peccei, Eiji Toyoda, Jensen Huang, Sergio Marchionne, Stefano Casiraghi, and Charles Pathé. After him are Arnon Milchan, John Cockerill, John DeLorean, Silvio Santos, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Arthur Guinness.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Albert Kahn ranks 69Before him are Simon Dubnow, Karel Kramář, William Bates, Paul Ulrich Villard, Grandma Moses, and Paul Gustav Fischer. After him are Eugen Goldstein, Hugo Preuß, Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Carl Anton Larsen, William Bayliss, and André Prévost. Among people deceased in 1940, Albert Kahn ranks 83Before him are Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Cai Yuanpei, José Félix Estigarribia, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Giuseppe Motta. After him are Arthur Rostron, Yevhen Petrushevych, Madeleine Astor, Ivane Javakhishvili, Umberto Caligaris, and Robert Maillart.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Kahn ranks 2,854 out of 6,770Before him are Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Renaud de Vichiers (1198), Charles Angrand (1854), Jean Vincent (1930), Maryan Wisniewski (1937), and Varro Atacinus (-82). After him are Andréa Ferréol (1947), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Adolf Wagner (1890), and François-Jean de la Barre (1745).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Albert Kahn ranks 20Before him are François-Henri Pinault (1962), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Yves Rocher (1930), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Charles Pathé (1863). After him are François Coty (1874), Serge Dassault (1925), Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), Thierry Breton (1955), Christophe de Margerie (1951), and Johann Carolus (1575).