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Hans Wilsdorf

1881 - 1960

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Hans Wilsdorf (22 March 1881 – 6 July 1960) was a German businessman, best known as the founder of Rolex and Tudor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Wilsdorf has received more than 1,006,666 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Wilsdorf is the 205th most popular businessperson (up from 234th in 2019), the 1,952nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,139th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Businessperson.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 205 out of 847. Before him are Dieter Schwarz, Stavros Niarchos, Friedrich Krupp, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Terry Gou, and Vidal Sassoon. After him are George Gallup, Adriano Galliani, Louis Réard, Rosalía Mera, Edoardo Agnelli, and Larry Fink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 71. Before him are Mikhail Larionov, Artur Phleps, Max Pechstein, Otozō Yamada, Albert Gleizes, and Ulrich von Hassell. After him are Kim Kyu-sik, Augustin Bea, Vera Weizmann, Curt Sachs, Adolfo de la Huerta, and Sergey Kamenev. Among people deceased in 1960, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 58. Before him are Sylvia Pankhurst, Antonie Pannekoek, Abram Ioffe, Alexandre Benois, Maurice de Broglie, and St John Philby. After him are Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, A. L. Kroeber, José Antonio Aguirre, Bruno Loerzer, Edwin Fischer, and Georges Claude.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 1,952 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Fischer (1912), Juliana of Stolberg (1506), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Franzl Lang (1930), Georg Ebers (1837), and Isdal Woman (1940). After him are John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Niko Kovač (1971), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579), and Clemens Winkler (1838).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 26. Before him are Axel Springer (1912), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), Carl Laemmle (1867), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Friedrich Krupp (1787), and Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854). After him are John Jacob Astor (1763), Karl Baedeker (1801), Karl Rapp (1882), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Hans Riegel (1923), and Theo Albrecht (1922).

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