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Ivy Lee

1877 - 1934

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Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 – November 9, 1934) was an American publicity expert and a founder of modern public relations. Lee is best known for his public relations work with the Rockefeller Family. His first major client was the Pennsylvania Railroad, followed by numerous major railroads such as the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Harriman lines such as the Union Pacific. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivy Lee has received more than 424,849 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ivy Lee is the 266th most popular businessperson (down from 252nd in 2019), the 2,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,852nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ivy Lee ranks 266 out of 847. Before him are Charles Koch, Jack Tramiel, Jimmy Lai, Shibusawa Eiichi, Yves Rocher, and King C. Gillette. After him are Jorge Paulo Lemann, Hans Riegel, Bob Iger, Jack Welch, Pavel Tretyakov, and Robert Nobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Ivy Lee ranks 66. Before him are Frank Marshall, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Wilhelm Filchner, Henri Breuil, Rosika Schwimmer, and Erik Scavenius. After him are Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Renée Vivien, Sergei Bortkiewicz, James Montgomery Flagg, Alfredo Guzzoni, and Alice B. Toklas. Among people deceased in 1934, Ivy Lee ranks 68. Before him are Karl Ernst, James Mark Baldwin, Erich Mühsam, Hakaru Hashimoto, John Collier, and Isaac Israëls. After him are Carsten Borchgrevink, Paul Ulrich Villard, Benjamin Baillaud, Oskar von Hutier, Otakar Ševčík, and Roger Fry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 2,931 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Loftus (1944), George Dewey (1837), Terry Bisson (1942), Smokey Robinson (1940), Paul Strand (1890), and John Lasseter (1957). After him are Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Bobby Riggs (1918), King Oliver (1881), Bobby Darin (1936), Edward Kasner (1878), and Christa McAuliffe (1948).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 84. Before him are John Warnock (1940), Eric Schmidt (1955), Howard Schultz (1953), Rex Tillerson (1952), Charles Koch (1935), and King C. Gillette (1855). After him are Bob Iger (1951), Jack Welch (1935), Melinda Gates (1964), Hetty Green (1834), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Erin Brockovich (1960).

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