1877 - 1934
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 394,855 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivy Lee is the 252nd most popular businessperson (up from 1,678th in 2019), the 2,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,106th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Ivy Lee ranks 252 out of 601. Before him are John Jacob Astor, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Ludvig Nobel, Marc Rich, Charles Pathé, and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. After him are Hans Riegel, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Frits Philips, Sergei Shchukin, Francesco Baracca, and Bill Hewlett.
1763 - 1848
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 246
1919 - 2001
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 247
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 248
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 249
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 250
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 251
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 252
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 253
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 254
1905 - 2005
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 255
1854 - 1936
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 256
1888 - 1918
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 257
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 258
Among people born in 1877, Ivy Lee ranks 65. Before him are Edmund Landau, Max Factor, Vladimir Minorsky, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Oscar Milosz, and Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, George Hackenschmidt, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Titta Ruffo, Isidora Sekulić, and Alfredo Guzzoni. Among people deceased in 1934, Ivy Lee ranks 68. Before him are Oskar von Hutier, Erich Mühsam, Edmund Heines, Hakaru Hashimoto, John Collier, and Kate Sheppard. After him are Ferdinand von Bredow, Otakar Ševčík, Marie Dressler, Paul Gustav Fischer, Carlos Chagas, and Infante Gonzalo of Spain.
1877 - 1938
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 59
1877 - 1938
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 60
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 61
1877 - 1906
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 62
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 63
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 64
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 65
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 66
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 67
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 68
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 69
1877 - 1958
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 70
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 71
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 62
1878 - 1934
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 63
1897 - 1934
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 64
1881 - 1934
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 65
1850 - 1934
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 66
1848 - 1934
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 67
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 68
1884 - 1934
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 69
1852 - 1934
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 70
1868 - 1934
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 71
1860 - 1934
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 72
1879 - 1934
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 73
1914 - 1934
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 74
Among people born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 2,859 out of 18,182. Before him are Ben Hecht (1893), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Kamehameha III (1814), Doyle Brunson (1933), Jim Thorpe (1887), and Robert Rossen (1908). After him are Zoe Saldana (1978), Charles Best (1899), Eddie Guerrero (1967), Marg Helgenberger (1958), David Ausubel (1918), and Henry Silva (1928).
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,853
1995 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,854
1814 - 1854
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,855
1933 - 2023
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,856
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 2,857
1908 - 1966
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 2,858
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 2,859
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 2,860
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 2,861
1967 - 2005
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 2,862
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 2,863
1918 - 2008
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 2,864
1928 - 2022
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 2,865
Among businesspeople born in United States, Ivy Lee ranks 84. Before him are Alice Walton (1949), Steve Fossett (1944), Katharine Graham (1917), David Packard (1912), John C. Bogle (1929), and Kirk Kerkorian (1917). After him are Bill Hewlett (1913), Rex Tillerson (1952), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Chris Gardner (1954).
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 78
1944 - 2007
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 79
1917 - 2001
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 80
1912 - 1996
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 81
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 82
1917 - 2015
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 83
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 84
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 85
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 86
1943 - 2015
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 87
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 88
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 89
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 90