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Edsel Ford

1893 - 1943

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Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford. He was the president of Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death in 1943. He worked closely with his father, as sole heir to the business, but was keen to develop cars more exciting than the Model T ("Tin Lizzie"), in line with his personal tastes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edsel Ford has received more than 4,648,435 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edsel Ford is the 244th most popular businessperson (down from 173rd in 2019), the 2,661st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,904th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Edsel Ford ranks 244 out of 847. Before him are Mineko Iwasaki, Mike Markkula, Bill Hewlett, Meyer Guggenheim, Henry Flagler, and Kirk Kerkorian. After him are Umberto Agnelli, David Packard, John Warnock, Eric Schmidt, Giulia Tofana, and Dhirubhai Ambani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Edsel Ford ranks 95. Before him are Alfréd Schaffer, William Dieterle, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Clas Thunberg, Gillis Grafström, and Merian C. Cooper. After him are Raymond Dart, Gaston Julia, Nestor Lakoba, Israel Joshua Singer, Mikheil Gelovani, and Luis Otero. Among people deceased in 1943, Edsel Ford ranks 74. Before him are Johann Trollmann, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Hans Jeschonnek, Senjūrō Hayashi, Frank Nitti, and Aspazija. After him are Aimo Cajander, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Giuseppe Terragni, Eric Knight, and Constantin Prezan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edsel Ford ranks 2,661 out of 20,380. Before him are John Basilone (1916), Merian C. Cooper (1893), John Kennedy Toole (1937), David Baltimore (1938), Lew Wallace (1827), and Ed McBain (1926). After him are Larry Sanger (1968), Téa Leoni (1966), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Eddie Fisher (1928), Lorenzo Lamas (1958), and David Packard (1912).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Edsel Ford ranks 76. Before him are John Sculley (1939), John C. Bogle (1929), Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), Henry Flagler (1830), and Kirk Kerkorian (1917). After him are David Packard (1912), John Warnock (1940), Eric Schmidt (1955), Howard Schultz (1953), Rex Tillerson (1952), and Charles Koch (1935).

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