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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 successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gallup has received more than 273,940 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). George Gallup is the 193rd most popular businessperson (down from 178th in 2019), the 2,128th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,231st in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Gallup ranks 193 out of 601. Before him are Mino Raiola, Dietmar Hopp, Josep Lluís Núñez, Sheldon Adelson, Peter Sauber, and Karl Baedeker. After him are Yves Rocher, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Uğur Şahin, Maxwell Perkins, Henry J. Heinz, and Andrew Grove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, George Gallup ranks 79. Before him are Gino Cervi, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Yang Kaihui, Eric Voegelin, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, and Barbara Cartland. After him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Ub Iwerks, Alexander Fadeyev, Otto Wächter, Nicola Abbagnano, and Ödön von Horváth. Among people deceased in 1984, George Gallup ranks 61. Before him are Rodrigo Lara, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Eduardo De Filippo, Mark W. Clark, Walter Tevis, and Marcel Janco. After him are Yigael Yadin, Pierre Gemayel, Kim Sung-gan, Andy Kaufman, Richard Brautigan, and Kevin A. Lynch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Gallup ranks 2,128 out of 18,182. Before him are Roberta Flack (1937), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Sojourner Truth (1797), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Jerome Robbins (1918), and David Strathairn (1949). After him are Marc Anthony (1968), Larry David (1947), Rob Reiner (1947), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), Ving Rhames (1959), and Marie Laveau (1801).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, George Gallup ranks 70. Before him are Jack Daniel (1850), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Ted Turner (1938), Jack Welch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), and Sheldon Adelson (1933). After him are Maxwell Perkins (1884), Henry J. Heinz (1844), King C. Gillette (1855), Chad Hurley (1977), Charlie Munger (1924), and Erin Brockovich (1960).

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