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Anita Roddick

1942 - 2007

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Dame Anita Lucia Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, now The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals in some of its products and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries. Roddick was involved in activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including involvement with Greenpeace and The Big Issue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anita Roddick has received more than 1,243,307 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Anita Roddick is the 568th most popular businessperson (down from 480th in 2019), the 4,213th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,527th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Businessperson.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Anita Roddick ranks 568 out of 847. Before her are Jerry Yang, Tim O'Reilly, Vijay Mallya, Lisa Su, Harvey S. Firestone, and Jean-Paul Agon. After her are Dwarkanath Tagore, Jacqueline Mars, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Eric Trump, Owen D. Young, and Marc Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Anita Roddick ranks 545. Before her are Martin Cruz Smith, Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, Antonio Martino, Kenneth Lay, and Brandon Carter. After her are Paul-Eerik Rummo, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Béla Károlyi, Robert Costanzo, Lesley Turner Bowrey, and Brandon deWilde. Among people deceased in 2007, Anita Roddick ranks 313. Before her are Adam Kozłowiecki, Fred Saberhagen, Anne McLaren, Krystyna Feldman, The Fabulous Moolah, and Tetsuo Okamoto. After her are Giorgio Anglesio, Grace Paley, Pief Panofsky, Madeleine L'Engle, Srđan Mrkušić, and Laraine Day.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anita Roddick ranks 4,213 out of 8,785. Before her are Chad of Mercia (634), Steven Moffat (1961), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Robbie Fowler (1975), and Robert Herrick (1591). After her are Kenneth Frampton (1930), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Antonia Fraser (1932), Richard Palmer-James (1947), and Annie S. D. Maunder (1868).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Anita Roddick ranks 42. Before her are Isabella Beeton (1836), William McGregor (1846), David Richards (1952), George Williams (1821), Stafford Beer (1926), and Howard Stringer (1942). After her are Alan Sugar (1947), Daniel Levy (1962), Allan Williams (1930), Henry Tate (1819), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), and Steve Jackson (1951).

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