1926 - 2017
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the Playboy brand into a world network of Playboy Clubs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Hefner has received more than 23,122,089 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Hugh Hefner is the 33rd most popular businessperson (down from 25th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from United States (down from 269th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Businessperson.
Hugh Hefner is most famous for founding the Playboy Magazine, which he used to promote his idea of the "Playboy lifestyle."
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Among businesspeople, Hugh Hefner ranks 33 out of 601. Before him are Ray Kroc, P. T. Barnum, Adolf Dassler, Jules Rimet, Andrew Carnegie, and Steve Ballmer. After him are J. P. Morgan, Guccio Gucci, Otto Frank, João Havelange, Robert Bosch, and J. Paul Getty.
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 27
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 28
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 29
1873 - 1956
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 30
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 31
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 32
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 33
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 34
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 35
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 36
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 37
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 38
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1926, Hugh Hefner ranks 20. Before him are Klaus Kinski, Andrzej Wajda, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chuck Berry, René Goscinny, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. After him are Paul Bocuse, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, Harper Lee, and Ivan Illich. Among people deceased in 2017, Hugh Hefner ranks 15. Before him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeanne Moreau, Salvatore Riina, Raymond Kopa, Chuck Berry, and Jalal Talabani. After him are John Hurt, Mireille Darc, Manuel Noriega, Johnny Hallyday, Glen Campbell, and Ali Abdullah Saleh.
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 15
1926 - 2022
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 16
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 17
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 18
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 19
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 21
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 23
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 24
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 25
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 26
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 9
1928 - 2017
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 12
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 13
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 14
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 15
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 16
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 17
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 18
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 19
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 20
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Hugh Hefner ranks 361 out of 18,182. Before him are 50 Cent (1975), Arthur Compton (1892), Jack Lemmon (1925), Henry James (1843), Robert Johnson (1911), and Jefferson Davis (1808). After him are Zodiac Killer (1940), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Mickey Rourke (1952), Ed Gein (1906), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), and Calvin Klein (1942).
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 355
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 356
1925 - 2001
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 357
1843 - 1916
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 358
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 359
1808 - 1889
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 360
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 361
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 362
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 363
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 364
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 365
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 366
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 367
Among businesspeople born in United States, Hugh Hefner ranks 14. Before him are Tim Cook (1960), Colonel Sanders (1890), Philip Kotler (1931), Ray Kroc (1902), P. T. Barnum (1810), and Steve Ballmer (1956). After him are J. P. Morgan (1837), J. Paul Getty (1892), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Bernie Madoff (1938), Ronald Wayne (1934), and Robert Kardashian (1944).
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
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 13
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 14
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 15
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 17
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 18
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 19
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 20