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Billy Mays

1958 - 2009

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William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and Zorbeez. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Mays has received more than 4,173,587 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Billy Mays is the 742nd most popular businessperson (down from 632nd in 2019), the 13,069th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,042nd in 2019) and the 266th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Billy Mays by language

Over the past year Billy Mays has had the most page views in the with 545,779 views, followed by Simple English (12,030), and Spanish (7,559). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Faroese (85.17%), Simple English (78.86%), and Javanese (70.65%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Billy Mays ranks 742 out of 847. Before him are Marillyn Hewson, Tom Wolf, Harold Camping, Bill Browder, Carol Bartz, and Colin Kolles. After him are Jodie Marsh, Marco Mattiacci, John Bryson, Ameera al-Taweel, Jared Isaacman, and Yang Huiyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Billy Mays ranks 615. Before him are Nadhim Shaker, Inger Andersen, Pascale Trinquet, Siti Musdah Mulia, Pascal Jolyot, and Tom Lanoye. After him are Bert Koenders, Gary Bailey, Peter Hultqvist, Imre Garaba, Nobuhiro Ishizaki, and Zlatko Krmpotić. Among people deceased in 2009, Billy Mays ranks 393. Before him are Noordin Mohammad Top, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Vladimir Turchinsky, Philip Carey, and Arnold Stang. After him are Sitara Achakzai, Vic Crowe, Johnny Kerr, Vishnuvardhan, William Safire, and Wendy Richard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Mays ranks 13,069 out of 20,380. Before him are Keely Smith (1928), Terry Balsamo (1972), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Gene Hoglan (1967), Uzo Aduba (1981), and Ian Bohen (1976). After him are Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959), Callie Khouri (1957), Paul Silas (1943), Todd Martin (1970), Bill Lawrence (1968), and Mike Crapo (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Billy Mays ranks 266. Before him are Suzanne Farrell (1945), Marillyn Hewson (1953), Tom Wolf (1948), Harold Camping (1921), Bill Browder (1964), and Carol Bartz (1948). After him are John Bryson (1943), Jared Isaacman (1983), Ellen Stewart (1919), Ray Ozzie (1955), Mitchell Baker (1957), and James M. Beggs (1926).

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