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Frits Philips

1905 - 2005

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Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips (16 April 1905 – 5 December 2005) was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frits Philips has received more than 203,594 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frits Philips is the 255th most popular businessperson (down from 233rd in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Businessperson.

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  • 200k

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  • 54.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Frits Philips ranks 255 out of 601Before him are Marc Rich, Charles Pathé, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Ivy Lee, Hans Riegel, and Jorge Paulo Lemann. After him are Sergei Shchukin, Francesco Baracca, Bill Hewlett, Paul Elvstrøm, Arkady Rotenberg, and Joseph Oller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Frits Philips ranks 111Before him are Edgar Snow, Nihal Atsız, Hiroshi Inagaki, Jan Gies, Wanda Wasilewska, and Karl Rappan. After him are Alexander Rodimtsev, Pierre Brasseur, Maria von Trapp, Gerhard Klopfer, Louis Harold Gray, and Abraham Zapruder. Among people deceased in 2005, Frits Philips ranks 94Before him are Sandra Dee, Alain Bombard, Simone Simon, Monica Zetterlund, Eddie Guerrero, and George Mikan. After him are Johnny Carson, Edward Bunker, Amrita Pritam, Henry Taube, Teresa Wright, and Vasco Gonçalves.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frits Philips ranks 348 out of 1,427Before him are James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), Barent Fabritius (1624), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), and John de Mol Jr. (1955). After him are Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Piet de Jong (1915), Lou Ottens (1926), Jacob Cats (1577), and Titus Brandsma (1881).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Frits Philips ranks 2Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870). After him are Colonel Tom Parker (1909) and Ton Roosendaal (1960).