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Cyrus West Field

1819 - 1892

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Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819 – July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cyrus West Field has received more than 207,578 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Cyrus West Field is the 371st most popular businessperson (up from 530th in 2019), the 4,307th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,232nd in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 210k

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  • 51.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Cyrus West Field ranks 371 out of 847. Before him are Gustav Wiederkehr, Mikhail Fridman, Satya Nadella, Mark Thatcher, Tommy Mottola, and Ray Dalio. After him are Christophe de Margerie, Tanaka Hisashige, Naguib Sawiris, Susanne Klatten, Franklin Clarence Mars, and Mikhail Prokhorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Cyrus West Field ranks 64. Before him are Charles Kingsley, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwin Drake, Pieter Bleeker, Butrus al-Bustani, and Maria Wodzińska. After him are Lucile Grahn, Abe Masahiro, Nicolae Bălcescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Martin Johnson Heade, and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. Among people deceased in 1892, Cyrus West Field ranks 51. Before him are Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Anthon van Rappard, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, Robert Ford, Theodor Meynert, and Constantin von Alvensleben. After him are György Klapka, Albert Aurier, Alexander Mackenzie, James B. Francis, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, and Eduard August von Regel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cyrus West Field ranks 4,307 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Hayes (1947), John Tukey (1915), Lee Wallard (1910), Ray Dalio (1949), Eve Meyer (1928), and Meriwether Lewis (1774). After him are Brock Lesnar (1977), Stephen Cook (1939), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Paul Mazursky (1930), Lynn Cohen (1933), and Andrew Cunanan (1969).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Cyrus West Field ranks 113. Before him are Charles Geschke (1939), Allen Klein (1931), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Maxwell Perkins (1884), Tommy Mottola (1949), and Ray Dalio (1949). After him are Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Andrew Tate (1986), Reed Hastings (1960), Armand Hammer (1898), Malcom McLean (1913), and David Geffen (1943).

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