1853 - 1902
Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecil Rhodes has received more than 4,038,870 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Cecil Rhodes is the 5th most popular businessperson, the 53rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the most popular British Businessperson.
Cecil Rhodes is most famous for being a British imperialist who was the founder of Rhodesia.
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Among businesspeople, Cecil Rhodes ranks 5 out of 604. Before him are Bill Gates, Howard Hughes, Pierre de Coubertin, and Oskar Schindler. After him are Warren Buffett, John D. Rockefeller, Ingvar Kamprad, George Soros, Aristotle Onassis, David Rockefeller, and Vince McMahon.
1955 - Present
HPI: 85.58
Rank: 1
1905 - 1976
HPI: 85.21
Rank: 2
1863 - 1937
HPI: 84.78
Rank: 3
1908 - 1974
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 4
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 5
1930 - Present
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 6
1839 - 1937
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 7
1926 - 2018
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 8
1930 - Present
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 9
1906 - 1975
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 10
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1853, Cecil Rhodes ranks 2. Before him is Vincent van Gogh. After him are Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Ostwald, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Chulalongkorn, Aleksei Brusilov, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Vladimir Solovyov, and Ferdinand Hodler. Among people deceased in 1902, Cecil Rhodes ranks 2. Before him is Émile Zola. After him are Levi Strauss, Rudolf Virchow, Swami Vivekananda, Maria Goretti, Samuel Butler, Marie Henriette of Austria, James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Ion Ivanovici.
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 2
1853 - 1928
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 3
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 4
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 5
1853 - 1910
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 6
1853 - 1926
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 7
1853 - 1931
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 8
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 9
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 10
1853 - 1900
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
1853 - 1918
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 12
1840 - 1902
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 2
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 4
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 6
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 11
1845 - 1902
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Cecil Rhodes ranks 53 out of 6,924. Before him are Alfred the Great (849), Robert Hooke (1635), Lord Byron (1788), Thomas More (1478), Sean Connery (1930), and Francis Drake (1540). After him are Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Lewis Carroll (1832), Oliver Cromwell (1599), Virginia Woolf (1882), John Stuart Mill (1806), and Richard Burton (1925).
849 - 899
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 47
1635 - 1703
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 48
1788 - 1824
HPI: 84.48
Rank: 49
1478 - 1535
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 50
1930 - 2020
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 51
1540 - 1596
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 52
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 53
1766 - 1834
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 54
1832 - 1898
HPI: 83.81
Rank: 55
1599 - 1658
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 56
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 57
1806 - 1873
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 58
1925 - 1984
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 59
Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Cecil Rhodes ranks 1. After him are Andrew Carnegie (1835), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Thomas Cook (1808), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Frank Williams (1942), Richard Branson (1950), Brian Epstein (1934), Stanley Rous (1895), David Icke (1952), Ron Dennis (1947), and Thomas Lipton (1848).
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 1
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 3
1808 - 1892
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 4
1862 - 1937
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 7
1934 - 1967
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 8
1895 - 1986
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 11
1848 - 1931
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 12