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David Sarnoff

1891 - 1971

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David Sarnoff (US: ; February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television. He led RCA for most of his career in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He headed a conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC, that became one of the largest in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Sarnoff has received more than 856,316 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David Sarnoff is the 345th most popular businessperson (down from 271st in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 84th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Sarnoff ranks 345 out of 601. Before him are Lee Shau-kee, Tommy Mottola, Stefan Persson, Alfred Edwards, Albert Ballin, and Jorge Mendes. After him are Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Jakob Nielsen, Johanna Quandt, Franklin Clarence Mars, and Edwin Drake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, David Sarnoff ranks 134. Before him are Wan Waithayakon, Vittorio Jano, Francisco Lázaro, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Richard Tauber, and Harold Jeffreys. After him are Ahmad bin Yahya, Alberto Savinio, Adolf Busch, Vladislav Vančura, Fréhel, and Victoria Kent. Among people deceased in 1971, David Sarnoff ranks 106. Before him are Viliam Široký, Henri Tomasi, Antonio Bacci, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Paul Bader, and Gaito Gazdanov. After him are Vikram Sarabhai, Chester Conklin, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Maguba Syrtlanova, William F. Albright, and Hiratsuka Raichō.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 98 out of 330. Before him are Ales Adamovich (1927), Pyotr Klimuk (1942), Carl Anton von Meyer (1795), Vasily Ignatenko (1961), Zivia Lubetkin (1914), and Ivonka Survilla (1936). After him are Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838), Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758), Benedykt Dybowski (1833), Lev Polugaevsky (1934), Bryachislav of Polotsk (997), and Walery Antoni Wróblewski (1836).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belarus

Among businesspeople born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 1. After him are Andrey Melnichenko (1972), Leonard Chess (1917), and Gary Vaynerchuk (1975).

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