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Henry J. Heinz

1844 - 1919

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Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish business in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business expanded into tomato ketchup and other condiments, and ultimately became the internationally known H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry J. Heinz has received more than 1,254,893 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Henry J. Heinz is the 194th most popular businessperson (up from 198th in 2019), the 2,143rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,178th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Henry J. Heinzs by language

Over the past year Henry J. Heinz has had the most page views in the with 156,433 views, followed by German (23,825), and Spanish (14,704). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (143.22%), Galician (85.37%), and Malagasy (84.41%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Henry J. Heinz ranks 194 out of 847. Before him are Yingluck Shinawatra, Peter Sauber, Mukesh Ambani, William C. Durant, Roger Ailes, and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. After him are Carl Laemmle, Charles Simonyi, Morris Chang, Jamsetji Tata, Dieter Schwarz, and Stavros Niarchos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Henry J. Heinz ranks 34. Before him are Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, and Thomas Eakins. After him are Victorine Meurent, William Robert Brooks, Mihály Munkácsy, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Édouard Branly, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon. Among people deceased in 1919, Henry J. Heinz ranks 51. Before him are Gustav Landauer, Peter Altenberg, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Leo Jogiches, Adolf Hurwitz, and Mark Sykes. After him are Friedrich Naumann, Hermann Weingärtner, Hugo Haase, Feng Guozhang, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry J. Heinz ranks 2,143 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger Ailes (1940), Robert Hansen (1939), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lance Reddick (1962), Thomas Eakins (1844), and James J. Braddock (1905). After him are Alexander Shulgin (1925), John O'Keefe (1939), Jackie Jackson (1951), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Allen Newell (1927), and Lewis Mumford (1895).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry J. Heinz ranks 64. Before him are Martha Stewart (1941), Marissa Mayer (1975), Walter Chrysler (1875), Larry Silverstein (1931), William C. Durant (1861), and Roger Ailes (1940). After him are George Gallup (1901), Larry Fink (1952), Jesse Livermore (1877), Steve Fossett (1944), Sheldon Adelson (1933), and John Sculley (1939).

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