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B. C. Forbes

American financial journalist, founder of Forbes Magazine

1880 - 1954

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His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. B. C. Forbes is the 467th most popular businessperson (down from 338th in 2024), the 3,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,241st in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Businessperson.

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B. C. Forbes's biography spans 21 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.08.

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Among Businesspeople

Among businesspeople, B. C. Forbes ranks 467 out of 1,001. Before him are Jim Ratcliffe, Christopher O'Neill, Mark Cuban, Uğur Şahin, Charles Yerkes, and John Bryson. After him are Paul Rusesabagina, John D. Rockefeller III, Angus Ogilvy, Victor Pinchuk, Maxwell Perkins, and Guy Laliberté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, B. C. Forbes ranks 144. Before him are Nikolai Podvoisky, Konrad von Preysing, Richard Oswald, Seán O'Casey, Eugen Slutsky, and Zoltán Ozoray Schenker. After him are Herbert Brenon, Wally Kinnear, Oswald Veblen, Louis Hémon, Parashqevi Qiriazi, and Joseph Grew. Among people deceased in 1954, B. C. Forbes ranks 105. Before him are John Lennard-Jones, Pyotr Leshchenko, Vera Gaze, Jacques Mieses, Alberto Braglia, and Zofia Nałkowska. After him are Agus Salim, Theodor Loos, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, Hadiya Davletshina, Gao Gang, and Tang Enbo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, B. C. Forbes ranks 3,143 out of 9,870. Before him are Christiane Amanpour (1958), Ian Wright (1963), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (1907), William Camden (1551), and Belinda Lee (1935). After him are Phil Manzanera (1951), Graham McTavish (1961), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Keith Newton (1941), Damian Lewis (1971), and Richard Hooker (1554).

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Among Businesspeople In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, B. C. Forbes ranks 29. Before him are Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Steve Jackson (1951), John Cockerill (1790), Stafford Beer (1926), Jim Ratcliffe (1952), and Christopher O'Neill (1974). After him are Angus Ogilvy (1928), Ken Aston (1915), Mark Thatcher (1953), John Houlding (1833), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), and Howard Stringer (1942).

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