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Armand Hammer

1898 - 1990

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Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898: 16  – December 10, 1990) was an American businessman and philanthropist. The son of a Russian Empire-born communist activist, Hammer trained as a physician before beginning his career in trade with the newly-established Soviet Union. Having made his fortune in pharmaceuticals and whiskey, he nearly retired before coming into control of the then-failing Occidental Petroleum in 1956. He spent the next 33 years as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the company, overseeing its growth to become one of the largest companies in the US. Called "Lenin's chosen capitalist" by the press, he was also known for his art collection and his close ties to the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armand Hammer has received more than 5,040,652 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Armand Hammer is the 385th most popular businessperson (down from 328th in 2019), the 4,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,931st in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Armand Hammer ranks 385 out of 847. Before him are Andrew Tate, Reed Hastings, Jakob Nielsen, Gaston Gallimard, Dieter Zetsche, and Albert Ballin. After him are Mohammed bin Hammam, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Sergei Shchukin, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Franz Josef Popp, and Adolf Merckle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Armand Hammer ranks 150. Before him are Emmanuel Bove, Alfons Gorbach, Franz Bäke, Vladimir Dekanozov, Alfred Sauvy, and Louis Adamic. After him are Rudolph Maté, Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, and Sami al-Hinnawi. Among people deceased in 1990, Armand Hammer ranks 147. Before him are Gordon Jackson, Magda Julin, Alfred Sauvy, Sabicas, Erkki Aaltonen, and Vladimir Stoychev. After him are Merab Mamardashvili, Jacques Soustelle, Mario Pizziolo, Dodo Abashidze, Đorđe Vujadinović, and A. J. P. Taylor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Armand Hammer ranks 4,597 out of 20,380. Before him are Madeline Kahn (1942), Clifton James (1920), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Murray Hamilton (1923), Grace Coolidge (1879), and Emile Ardolino (1943). After him are John McCook (1944), Emma Lazarus (1849), Julia Grant (1826), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Francis Lane (1874), and Adam Lambert (1982).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Armand Hammer ranks 117. Before him are Tommy Mottola (1949), Ray Dalio (1949), Cyrus West Field (1819), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Andrew Tate (1986), and Reed Hastings (1960). After him are Malcom McLean (1913), David Geffen (1943), Katharine Graham (1917), Robert Monroe (1915), Roy Raymond (1947), and Ron Woodroof (1950).

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