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Earl Tupper

1907 - 1983

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Earl Silas Tupper (July 28, 1907 – October 3, 1983) was an American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food, and for founding the related home products company that bears his name, Tupperware Plastics Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Tupper has received more than 356,754 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Earl Tupper is the 500th most popular businessperson (down from 317th in 2019), the 7,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,659th in 2019) and the 175th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Earl Tupper ranks 500 out of 601. Before him are Yuri Milner, Ernest Oppenheimer, William McGregor, Adam Silver, Clyde Cessna, and Marc Faber. After him are Fred Karno, David Richards, Robert Ripley, Alexei Mordashov, Amy Pascal, and Susan Kare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Earl Tupper ranks 279. Before him are Leonid Sedov, Anthony Peter Khoraish, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Alfredo Devincenzi, László Szollás, and Arturo Rodríguez. After him are Ángel Arocha, Víctor Avendaño, Tamara Makarova, Hilario López, Adalbert Steiner, and Joseph Gonzales. Among people deceased in 1983, Earl Tupper ranks 186. Before him are José Bergamín, George Hodgson, Buster Crabbe, George O. Abell, Nils Engdahl, and Pentti Saarikoski. After him are Christopher George, Adalberts Bubenko, Marguerite Broquedis, Joan Hackett, Miron Białoszewski, and Richard Llewellyn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earl Tupper ranks 7,323 out of 18,182. Before him are Oliver Macdonald (1904), Peter Mark Richman (1927), Patricia Richardson (1951), Bill Haywood (1869), David Diamond (1915), and Robert Atkins (1930). After him are Susanna Kaysen (1948), John Gardner (1933), David Hess (1936), Greg Louganis (1960), Christopher George (1931), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Earl Tupper ranks 175. Before him are David Filo (1966), Marcus Loew (1870), Ben Bradlee (1921), Jared Kushner (1981), Adam Silver (1962), and Clyde Cessna (1879). After him are Robert Ripley (1890), Amy Pascal (1958), Susan Kare (1954), George Steinbrenner (1930), Henry Flagler (1830), and Richard Hilton (1955).

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