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Bill Hewlett

1913 - 2001

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William Redington Hewlett ( HEW-lit; May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Hewlett has received more than 722,955 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Bill Hewlett is the 240th most popular businessperson (up from 258th in 2019), the 2,605th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,927th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bill Hewlett ranks 240 out of 847. Before him are David Icke, John C. Bogle, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Mineko Iwasaki, and Mike Markkula. After him are Meyer Guggenheim, Henry Flagler, Kirk Kerkorian, Edsel Ford, Umberto Agnelli, and David Packard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Bill Hewlett ranks 108. Before him are Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Gustaaf Deloor, Waldemar de Brito, Otto Wichterle, Nikolai Amosov, and Hélio Gracie. After him are Masatoshi Nakayama, Peko Dapčević, Victor Mature, Osvaldo Moles, Mickey Cohen, and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg. Among people deceased in 2001, Bill Hewlett ranks 77. Before him are Luis Carniglia, Perry Como, Soad Hosny, Pierre Klossowski, Jaroslav Drobný, and Hannelore Kohl. After him are Marvin Harris, Liisi Oterma, Juan Bosch, Elazar Shach, Chet Atkins, and Jason Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Hewlett ranks 2,605 out of 20,380. Before him are Cindy Sherman (1954), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), Marc Anthony (1968), Melissa Leo (1960), and Mike Markkula (1942). After him are Frank Marshall (1877), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), John C. Woods (1911), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), and Robert Grant Aitken (1864).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Bill Hewlett ranks 73. Before him are Jesse Livermore (1877), Steve Fossett (1944), Sheldon Adelson (1933), John Sculley (1939), John C. Bogle (1929), and Mike Markkula (1942). After him are Henry Flagler (1830), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Edsel Ford (1893), David Packard (1912), John Warnock (1940), and Eric Schmidt (1955).

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