1905 - 1976
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Hughes has received more than 25,210,471 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Howard Hughes is the most popular businessperson (up from 2nd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from United States (up from 38th in 2019) and the most popular American Businessperson.
Howard Hughes was an American aviator, engineer, and businessman who became one of the wealthiest people in the world. He became famous for his aviation exploits and later for his eccentric behavior as a reclusive multi-billionaire.
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Among businesspeople, Howard Hughes ranks 1 out of 601. After him are Bill Gates, Pierre de Coubertin, Oskar Schindler, Cecil Rhodes, John D. Rockefeller, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Ingvar Kamprad, Sepp Blatter, George Soros, and Vince McMahon.
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 2
1863 - 1937
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 3
1908 - 1974
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 4
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 5
1839 - 1937
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 6
1930 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 7
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 8
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 10
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1905, Howard Hughes ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Paul Sartre. After him are Ayn Rand, Albert Speer, Simo Häyhä, Christian Dior, Viktor Frankl, Greta Garbo, Elias Canetti, Dag Hammarskjöld, Henry Fonda, and Mikhail Sholokhov. Among people deceased in 1976, Howard Hughes ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong, Agatha Christie, and Martin Heidegger. After him are Werner Heisenberg, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Bernard Montgomery, Fritz Lang, and Jean Gabin.
1905 - 1980
HPI: 84.51
Rank: 1
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 2
1905 - 1982
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 3
1905 - 1981
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 4
1905 - 2002
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 5
1905 - 1957
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 6
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 7
1905 - 1990
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 8
1905 - 1994
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 9
1905 - 1961
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 10
1905 - 1982
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 11
1905 - 1984
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 12
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
1890 - 1976
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 3
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 4
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 6
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 7
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 8
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Howard Hughes ranks 36 out of 18,182. Before him are Martin Scorsese (1942), Al Pacino (1940), Pocahontas (1595), Mark Twain (1835), Cher (1946), and Henry Ford (1863). After him are Bill Gates (1955), Robert De Niro (1943), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Janis Joplin (1943), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), and Al Capone (1899).
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 30
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 31
1595 - 1617
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 32
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 33
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 34
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 35
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 36
1955 - Present
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 37
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 38
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 39
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 40
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 41
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 42
Among businesspeople born in United States, Howard Hughes ranks 1. After him are Bill Gates (1955), John D. Rockefeller (1839), Warren Buffett (1930), Jeff Bezos (1964), Vince McMahon (1945), David Rockefeller (1915), Tim Cook (1960), Colonel Sanders (1890), Philip Kotler (1931), Ray Kroc (1902), and P. T. Barnum (1810).
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 2
1839 - 1937
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 3
1930 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 4
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 6
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 8
1890 - 1980
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 10
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 11
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 12