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George Averoff

1815 - 1899

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George M. Averoff (15 August 1815 – 15 July 1899), alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ), was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece. Born in the town of Metsovo (Epirus, Greece, then Ottoman Empire), Averoff moved to Alexandria while still young. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Averoff has received more than 111,903 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George Averoff is the 321st most popular businessperson (up from 354th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Greece (up from 566th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Averoffs by language

Over the past year George Averoff has had the most page views in the with 21,424 views, followed by English (16,014), and Russian (1,950). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (89.76%), Egyptian Arabic (67.58%), and Danish (29.07%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Averoff ranks 321 out of 847. Before him are Henry E. Steinway, David Stern, Ma Huateng, Jerry Buss, Carlos Tavares, and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. After him are Lazare Ponticelli, David Koch, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Serge Dassault, Chuck Feeney, and Linda McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, George Averoff ranks 40. Before him are Charles Renouvier, John A. Macdonald, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Louis Le Chatelier, Robert Remak, and Theophan the Recluse. After him are Temistocle Solera, Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, and Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen. Among people deceased in 1899, George Averoff ranks 31. Before him are Emilio Castelar, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Garret Hobart, Carl Millöcker, Numa Droz, and Heinrich Kiepert. After him are Ottmar Mergenthaler, Antonio Luna, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Juan Luna, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Lucien Quélet.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, George Averoff ranks 520 out of 1,024. Before him are Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), Machanidas (-254), Kostis Palamas (1859), Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Antiphanes (-388), and Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900). After him are Anastasios of Albania (1929), Acusilaus (-600), Agesilaus I (null), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Cephisodotus the Younger (-400), and Timarete (-420).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

Among businesspeople born in Greece, George Averoff ranks 3. Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874), and Stavros Niarchos (1909). After him are Sam Panopoulos (1934), and Arianna Huffington (1950).

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