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Helen Walton

1919 - 2007

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Helen Robson Walton (December 3, 1919 – April 19, 2007) was an American philanthropist and prominent arts advocate, dedicated to being a grandmother and to her community in Bentonville, Arkansas where she instituted a committee for a national museum of arts. After 31 years of activity, the Arkansas Committee on the National Museum for Women in the Arts is the longest standing committee in the state. She was also the wife of Walmart and Sam's Club founder Sam Walton. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Walton has received more than 815,458 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Walton is the 488th most popular businessperson (down from 436th in 2019), the 6,344th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,920th in 2019) and the 151st most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 820k

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  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Helen Walton ranks 488 out of 847. Before her are Laurene Powell Jobs, Neil Aspinall, Ana Botín, Andrew Planche, Alexey Miller, and Piero Dusio. After her are John Houlding, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Mansour Ojjeh, William Henry Conley, Earl Tupper, and Suleyman Kerimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Helen Walton ranks 238. Before her are Dries van der Lof, Jon Pertwee, Gottfried Dienst, William Stokoe, Augusts Voss, and Kateryna Yushchenko. After her are Roberto Bonomi, Eugenia Charles, Isaak Khalatnikov, Olena Apanovych, Joe Hunt, and Asbjørn Ruud. Among people deceased in 2007, Helen Walton ranks 258. Before her are Izumi Sakai, Kenji Miyamoto, László Kovács, Zara Dolukhanova, Joseíto, and Kerwin Mathews. After her are Josep Pintat Solans, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Benito Lorenzi, Iwao Takamoto, Joey Bishop, and Zahrad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Walton ranks 6,344 out of 20,380. Before her are Kerwin Mathews (1926), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), Tobias Wolff (1945), Bob James (1939), Charmian Carr (1942), and Monique Alexander (1982). After her are Anthony Denison (1949), Louis Bromfield (1896), Clint Walker (1927), Skeeter Davis (1931), Connie Britton (1967), and Alan Ritchson (1982).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Helen Walton ranks 151. Before her are Mark Cuban (1958), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Bob Lazar (1959), S. Robson Walton (1944), Dana White (1969), and Laurene Powell Jobs (1963). After her are William Henry Conley (1840), Earl Tupper (1907), Milton S. Hershey (1857), George Peabody (1795), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), and Samuel P. Bush (1863).

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