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Basil Zaharoff

1849 - 1936

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Basil Zaharoff (born Zacharias Basileios Zacharoff; 6 October 1849 – 27 November 1936) was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist. One of the richest men in the world during his lifetime, Zaharoff was described as both a "merchant of death" and a "mystery man of Europe". His success was forged through his cunning, often aggressive and sharp, business tactics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basil Zaharoff has received more than 797,775 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Basil Zaharoff is the 150th most popular businessperson (up from 159th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 483rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Businessperson.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Basil Zaharoff ranks 150 out of 847. Before him are Giovanni Battista Caproni, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Joe Weider, Eugène Schueller, Theodor de Bry, and Lee Iacocca. After him are Vincenzo Lancia, Ron Dennis, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, John Langenus, and Melitta Bentz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Basil Zaharoff ranks 31. Before him are Saionji Kinmochi, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Vera Zasulich, Joseph Gallieni, and Hugo Riemann. After him are Paul Rée, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Lord Randolph Churchill, Georg Luger, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Hong Tianguifu. Among people deceased in 1936, Basil Zaharoff ranks 58. Before him are Carl Stumpf, Kikunae Ikeda, Saitō Makoto, Anna Boch, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Max Schreck. After him are Gyula Gömbös, Mikhail Tomsky, Takahashi Korekiyo, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Martin Lowry, and Irving Thalberg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Basil Zaharoff ranks 409 out of 1,347. Before him are Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Ziya Gökalp (1876), Pelagia (400), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Paisios of Mount Athos (1924), and Prusias I of Bithynia (-300). After him are Henri Verneuil (1920), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Barış Manço (1943), Parrhasius (-500), Joe Strummer (1952), and Emine Erdoğan (1955).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Türkiye

Among businesspeople born in Türkiye, Basil Zaharoff ranks 3. Before him are Aristotle Onassis (1906), and Calouste Gulbenkian (1869). After him are Uğur Şahin (1965), Dieter Zetsche (1953), Güler Sabancı (1955), Salt Bae (1983), Acun Ilıcalı (1969), Selçuk Bayraktar (1979), and Fikret Orman (1967).

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