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Calouste Gulbenkian

1869 - 1955

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Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (, Western Armenian: Գալուստ Կիւլպէնկեան; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), nicknamed "Mr Five Per Cent", was a British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development and is credited with being the first person to exploit Iraqi oil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Calouste Gulbenkian has received more than 692,867 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Calouste Gulbenkian is the 69th most popular businessperson (up from 70th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Businessperson.

Calouste Gulbenkian was a Turkish-born Armenian oil magnate who was the founder of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which is a philanthropic organization. He was most famous for his oil empire, which he built in the early 20th century.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.27

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Calouste Gulbenkian ranks 69 out of 847. Before him are Thomas Cook, Robert Kardashian, Helena Rubinstein, Kiichiro Toyoda, Sung Jae-gi, and Lee Byung-chul. After him are Bernie Ecclestone, J. Bruce Ismay, Richard Branson, Stan Kroenke, Stanley Rous, and Jack Ma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Calouste Gulbenkian ranks 17. Before him are Emma Goldman, Fritz Pregl, Hans Spemann, Frederick Trump, Christian Lous Lange, and Komitas. After him are Siegfried Wagner, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Rudolf Otto, Karl Seitz, Felix Salten, and Gustav Vigeland. Among people deceased in 1955, Calouste Gulbenkian ranks 20. Before him are Maurice Utrillo, Helmuth Weidling, Charlie Parker, James B. Sumner, Paul Claudel, and George Enescu. After him are Pak Hon-yong, Carmen Miranda, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Hermann Weyl, Oswald Avery, and Garegin Nzhdeh.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Calouste Gulbenkian ranks 234 out of 1,347. Before him are Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fatih Terim (1953), Kenan Evren (1917), Eumenes (-362), Julius Martov (1873), and Komitas (1869). After him are Basilios Bessarion (1403), Ismihan Sultan (1544), Evagrius Ponticus (345), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Socrates of Constantinople (380), and Şehzade Abdullah (1776).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Türkiye

Among businesspeople born in Türkiye, Calouste Gulbenkian ranks 2. Before him are Aristotle Onassis (1906). After him are Basil Zaharoff (1849), 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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