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Alfred P. Sloan

1875 - 1966

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Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ( SLOHN; May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time president, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred P. Sloan has received more than 711,727 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred P. Sloan is the 282nd most popular businessperson (down from 279th in 2019), the 3,153rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,210th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alfred P. Sloans by language

Over the past year Alfred P. Sloan has had the most page views in the with 79,748 views, followed by French (9,767), and German (8,410). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (113.02%), Chinese (58.89%), and French (52.85%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Alfred P. Sloan ranks 282 out of 847. Before him are Herbert Hainer, Melinda Gates, Hetty Green, Arkady Rotenberg, Leonardo Del Vecchio, and Mino Raiola. After him are Erin Brockovich, Joseph Oller, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Aurelio Peccei, Eiji Toyoda, and Jensen Huang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Alfred P. Sloan ranks 73. Before him are Gustav Flatow, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Hashim al-Atassi, Paul Löbe, and Eusebio Ayala. After him are Charles D. B. King, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Svetozar Pribićević, Princess Louise of Denmark, Jim Corbett, and Carl Milles. Among people deceased in 1966, Alfred P. Sloan ranks 89. Before him are Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Charles Whitman, Robert Rossen, Victor Kravchenko, George Ohsawa, and Nikolay Cherkasov. After him are Arthur Percival, Boris Podolsky, Helen Kane, Elio Vittorini, Vilis Lācis, and Heimito von Doderer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred P. Sloan ranks 3,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Lindsey Buckingham (1949), John Cocke (1925), Paul Robeson (1898), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), and Kathleen Kennedy (1953). After him are Leon Panetta (1938), Jesse Jackson (1941), Dermot Mulroney (1963), Keith Carradine (1949), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), and Robert Metcalfe (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Alfred P. Sloan ranks 89. Before him are King C. Gillette (1855), Ivy Lee (1877), Bob Iger (1951), Jack Welch (1935), Melinda Gates (1964), and Hetty Green (1834). After him are Erin Brockovich (1960), John DeLorean (1925), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Paul Castellano (1915), Amadeo Giannini (1870), and Alice Walton (1949).

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