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Charles Yerkes

1837 - 1905

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Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. ( YUR-keez; June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905) was an American financier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Yerkes has received more than 177,911 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles Yerkes is the 413th most popular businessperson (down from 382nd in 2019), the 4,965th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,888th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Charles Yerkes ranks 413 out of 847. Before him are Edward Colston, Lawrence Stroll, Roy Raymond, Ron Woodroof, David Sarnoff, and Steve Chen. After him are Stephen A. Schwarzman, Victor Pinchuk, Andrea Agnelli, Sylvia Beach, John Templeton, and John Elkann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Charles Yerkes ranks 77. Before him are Theodore Gill, Amelia Dyer, Ignatz Kolisch, Francis Marrash, Wilhelm Kühne, and Jorge Isaacs. After him are Tigran Chukhajian, Mary Harris Jones, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Wilhelm Lexis, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, and Alphonse Legros. Among people deceased in 1905, Charles Yerkes ranks 62. Before him are Rudolf von Alt, Hermann Wissmann, Charles Renard, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, John Hay, and Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano. After him are Hermann Usener, Célestine Galli-Marié, Theodoros Diligiannis, Francesco Tamagno, Ralph Copeland, and René Goblet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Yerkes ranks 4,965 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Bogosian (1953), Hank Jones (1918), William D. Leahy (1875), Henry Russell (1904), Tracy Pollan (1960), and Leontyne Price (1927). After him are Richard Speck (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Bryan Singer (1965), William Eggleston (1939), Mia Hamm (1972), and Sonny Stitt (1924).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charles Yerkes ranks 124. Before him are Malcom McLean (1913), David Geffen (1943), Katharine Graham (1917), Robert Monroe (1915), Roy Raymond (1947), and Ron Woodroof (1950). After him are Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Sylvia Beach (1887), John Templeton (1912), John Elkann (1976), Jim Walton (1948), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914).

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