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George Gallup

1901 - 1984

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George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically-based survey sampled measure of public opinion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gallup has received more than 293,424 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). George Gallup is the 206th most popular businessperson (down from 193rd in 2019), the 2,308th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,126th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Gallup ranks 206 out of 847. Before him are Stavros Niarchos, Friedrich Krupp, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Terry Gou, Vidal Sassoon, and Hans Wilsdorf. After him are Adriano Galliani, Louis Réard, Rosalía Mera, Edoardo Agnelli, Larry Fink, and Ratan Tata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, George Gallup ranks 93. Before him are Barbara Cartland, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Nicola Abbagnano, J. D. Bernal, Maxwell D. Taylor, and Stella Adler. After him are Ramón Serrano Suñer, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Henri Cochet, Ed Sullivan, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Miklós Nyiszli. Among people deceased in 1984, George Gallup ranks 69. Before him are He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, Ernesto Mascheroni, Richard Basehart, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, and Jiro Miyake. After him are Trygve Bratteli, Louis Réard, Faina Ranevskaya, Kim Sung-gan, Richard Brautigan, and Lionel Robbins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Gallup ranks 2,308 out of 20,380. Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), Holly Hunter (1958), Lionel Barrymore (1878), David Strathairn (1949), Lionel Hampton (1908), and Nathan Rosen (1909). After him are Steve McCurry (1950), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Henry Silva (1928), Robert Plutchik (1927), Tonya Harding (1970), and Garrett Morgan (1877).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, George Gallup ranks 65. Before him are Marissa Mayer (1975), Walter Chrysler (1875), Larry Silverstein (1931), William C. Durant (1861), Roger Ailes (1940), and Henry J. Heinz (1844). After him are Larry Fink (1952), Jesse Livermore (1877), Steve Fossett (1944), Sheldon Adelson (1933), John Sculley (1939), and John C. Bogle (1929).

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