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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 4,242,886 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Billy Mays is the 632nd most popular businessperson (down from 532nd in 2019), the 12,069th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,726th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Billy Mays ranks 632 out of 601. Before him are George Newnes, Ellen Stewart, Tory Burch, Stephen Elop, Miguel de Icaza, and Ahmed Wali Karzai. After him are Michel Roux, Ray Ozzie, Noumandiez Doué, Nita Ambani, Herb Kohl, and Cindy McCain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Billy Mays ranks 522. Before him are Gilles Leroy, María Caridad Colón, Alain Couriol, Tommy Byrne, Remigijus Valiulis, and Rick Santorum. After him are Brice Hortefeux, Flemming Christensen, Leonhard Stock, John Herrington, Luther Blissett, and Michel Bibard. Among people deceased in 2009, Billy Mays ranks 348. Before him are Wendy Richard, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Ed McMahon, Stanislav Markelov, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, and Horton Foote. After him are Billy Powell, William Safire, Kamila Skolimowska, Marian Cozma, Andrea Mead Lawrence, and John Mortimer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Mays ranks 12,069 out of 18,182. Before him are Fred Melamed (1956), Sabu (1964), Ashley Olsen (1986), Jackie Fields (1908), Richard Jeni (1957), and Stuart Hamm (1960). After him are Ashley Laurence (1966), Stephen Robinson (1955), Gillian Jacobs (1982), Alice Hoffman (1952), Walter Forward (1786), and Lucie Arnaz (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Billy Mays ranks 232. Before him are Suzanne Farrell (1945), Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), Patrick Volkerding (1966), Lynn Hill (1961), Ellen Stewart (1919), and Tory Burch (1966). After him are Ray Ozzie (1955), Herb Kohl (1935), Cindy McCain (1954), Bill Browder (1964), Erik Prince (1969), and Rick Snyder (1958).

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