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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 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 779,769 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Walton is the 436th most popular businessperson (down from 417th in 2019), the 5,932nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,632nd in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 780k

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  • 47.68

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Helen Walton ranks 436 out of 601Before her are George Peabody, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Jorma Ollila, Jerry Buss, Rina Zaripova, and J. R. D. Tata. After her are Neil Aspinall, James Buchanan Duke, Anders Hejlsberg, Philippe Kahn, Tim O'Reilly, and Milton S. Hershey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Helen Walton ranks 215Before her are Isaak Khalatnikov, Richard Todd, Ladislav Mňačko, Maurice Boitel, Antonio Pietrangeli, and Nehemiah Persoff. After her are Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Nina Dumbadze, Margot Hielscher, Gayatri Devi, and Milan Horvat. Among people deceased in 2007, Helen Walton ranks 228Before her are Miyoshi Umeki, Maurice Boitel, Betty Hutton, Walter Kempowski, László Kovács, and Joey Bishop. After her are Stephen Fumio Hamao, Paek Nam-sun, Giuseppe Baldo, Ernesto Alonso, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Walton ranks 5,932 out of 18,182Before her are J. D. Tippit (1924), John Norman (1931), Gregg Toland (1904), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Honus Wagner (1874), and Randal Kleiser (1946). After her are Jessica Jaymes (1979), Sidney Howard (1891), Gerald McRaney (1947), George Eads (1967), Suzy Amis Cameron (1962), and James Eckhouse (1955).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Helen Walton ranks 143Before her are Charles Geschke (1939), Bob Lazar (1959), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Michael Dell (1965), George Peabody (1795), and Jerry Buss (1933). After her are James Buchanan Duke (1856), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Herman Cain (1945), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Mary Barra (1961), and Trip Hawkins (1953).