1819 - 1892
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 200,702 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Cyrus West Field is the 530th most popular businessperson (down from 62nd in 2019), the 8,250th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,590th in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Cyrus West Field ranks 530 out of 601. Before him are James Gordon Bennett Jr., Li Shufu, Indra Nooyi, Steve Jackson, Michael Burry, and Josef Ackermann. After him are Joe Sutter, Ginni Rometty, Erick Thohir, Sumner Redstone, Eliphalet Remington, and Reid Hoffman.
1841 - 1918
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 524
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 525
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 526
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 527
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 528
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 529
1819 - 1892
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 530
1921 - 2016
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 531
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 532
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 533
1923 - 2020
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 534
1793 - 1861
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 535
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 536
Among people born in 1819, Cyrus West Field ranks 84. Before him are William Powell Frith, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Yakov Polonsky, James Spriggs Payne, Ion Emanuel Florescu, and Joaquín Jovellar y Soler. After him are Alexandru G. Golescu, William Rosecrans, Joseph Bazalgette, Alexander Melville Bell, Henry Tate, and George Salmon. Among people deceased in 1892, Cyrus West Field ranks 69. Before him are Dimitrie Brătianu, Henry Edward Manning, Sereno Watson, Dimitrios Valvis, Ernestine Rose, and Joaquín Jovellar y Soler. After him are Johan Sverdrup, Alexandre Levy, Teréz Karacs, John Greenleaf Whittier, Pieter Willem Korthals, and James Skivring Smith.
1819 - 1909
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 78
1819 - 1900
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 79
1819 - 1898
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 80
1819 - 1882
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 81
1819 - 1893
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 82
1819 - 1892
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 83
1819 - 1892
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 84
1819 - 1881
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 85
1819 - 1898
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 86
1819 - 1891
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 87
1819 - 1905
HPI: 43.12
Rank: 88
1819 - 1899
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 89
1819 - 1904
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 90
1818 - 1892
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 63
1808 - 1892
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 64
1826 - 1892
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 65
1814 - 1892
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 66
1810 - 1892
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 67
1819 - 1892
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 68
1819 - 1892
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 69
1816 - 1892
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 70
1864 - 1892
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 71
1808 - 1892
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 72
1807 - 1892
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 73
1807 - 1892
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 74
1825 - 1892
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 75
Among people born in United States, Cyrus West Field ranks 8,250 out of 18,182. Before him are Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), James Ewing (1866), Adam Maida (1930), Laura Secord (1775), George Herriman (1880), and Deborah Shelton (1948). After him are Walter Breuning (1896), Peggy Rea (1921), James Neill (1860), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Esai Morales (1962), and Rudy Tomjanovich (1948).
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 8,244
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 8,245
1930 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 8,246
1775 - 1868
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 8,247
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 8,248
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 8,249
1819 - 1892
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 8,250
1896 - 2011
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 8,251
1921 - 2011
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 8,252
1860 - 1931
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 8,253
1904 - 1957
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 8,254
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 8,255
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 8,256
Among businesspeople born in United States, Cyrus West Field ranks 190. Before him are Marvin Heemeyer (1951), Richard DeVos (1926), Joel Glazer (1970), Kevin Systrom (1983), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Michael Burry (1971). After him are Joe Sutter (1921), Ginni Rometty (1957), Sumner Redstone (1923), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Reid Hoffman (1967), and Mark R. Hughes (1956).
1951 - 2004
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 184
1926 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 185
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 186
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 187
1841 - 1918
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 188
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 189
1819 - 1892
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 190
1921 - 2016
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 191
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 192
1923 - 2020
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 193
1793 - 1861
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 194
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 195
1956 - 2000
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 196