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Benjamin Guggenheim

1865 - 1912

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Benjamin Guggenheim (October 26, 1865 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman, who was a wealthy member of the Guggenheim family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Guggenheim has received more than 2,016,900 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Benjamin Guggenheim is the 83rd most popular businessperson (up from 92nd in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from United States (up from 980th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Businessperson.

Benjamin Guggenheim was a wealthy American businessman who died on the Titanic. He is most famous for being one of the few people who survived the sinking of the Titanic.

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  • 2.51

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Benjamin Guggenheim ranks 83 out of 847Before him are Kris Jenner, Louis Vuitton, Adnan Khashoggi, Mercédès Jellinek, Mark Zuckerberg, and Akio Morita. After him are Brian Epstein, Estée Lauder, Torakusu Yamaha, Li Ka-shing, Flavio Briatore, and Ambroise Vollard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Benjamin Guggenheim ranks 21Before him are Sven Hedin, Andranik, Philipp Scheidemann, Paul Dukas, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and Alfred Hugenberg. After him are Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Félix Vallotton, Amélie of Orléans, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Jacques Hadamard, and Gérard Encausse. Among people deceased in 1912, Benjamin Guggenheim ranks 17Before him are Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Robert Falcon Scott, Joseph Lister, Auguste Beernaert, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are William McMaster Murdoch, Johann Martin Schleyer, James Paul Moody, Nettie Stevens, George Darwin, and Franz Reichelt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Guggenheim ranks 854 out of 20,380Before him are John J. Pershing (1860), Dorothea Lange (1895), Leon Cooper (1930), Clifford Shull (1915), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Ronnie Coleman (1964). After him are Bing Crosby (1903), Powers Boothe (1948), Harriet Tubman (1820), Benedict Arnold (1741), Robert Ludlum (1927), and Aaron T. Beck (1921).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Benjamin Guggenheim ranks 28Before him are Ronald Wayne (1934), Robert Kardashian (1944), Stan Kroenke (1947), Robert McNamara (1916), Kris Jenner (1955), and Mark Zuckerberg (1984). After him are Estée Lauder (1906), Paul Allen (1953), Gordon Moore (1929), Charlie Munger (1924), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), and Roy O. Disney (1893).