1862 - 1937
Joseph Bruce Ismay (; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Bruce Ismay has received more than 2,981,293 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Bruce Ismay is the 68th most popular businessperson (down from 54th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 412th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Businessperson.
J. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line and the president of the International Mercantile Marine Company. He was most famous for being on board the Titanic when it sunk in 1912.
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Among businesspeople, J. Bruce Ismay ranks 68 out of 601. Before him are Lee Byung-chul, Roman Abramovich, Frank Williams, Margaret Hamilton, Helena Rubinstein, and Robert McNamara. After him are Jakob Fugger, Calouste Gulbenkian, Larry Ellison, Boris Berezovsky, Kiichiro Toyoda, and Kris Jenner.
1910 - 1987
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 62
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 63
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 64
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 65
1872 - 1965
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 66
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 67
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 68
1459 - 1525
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 69
1869 - 1955
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 70
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 71
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 72
1894 - 1952
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 73
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 74
Among people born in 1862, J. Bruce Ismay ranks 16. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand, Aristide Briand, Victoria of Baden, Pyotr Stolypin, Niko Pirosmani, and Joseph Merrick. After him are Hilma af Klint, Louis Barthou, Helene Schjerfbeck, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Nikolai Yudenich, and Henri Pirenne. Among people deceased in 1937, J. Bruce Ismay ranks 20. Before him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Gerda Taro, J. M. Barrie, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Austen Chamberlain, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. After him are Rudolf Otto, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Gaston Doumergue, Ramsay MacDonald, Jean Harlow, and Karol Szymanowski.
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 10
1862 - 1932
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 11
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 13
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 14
1862 - 1890
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 15
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 16
1862 - 1944
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 17
1862 - 1934
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 18
1862 - 1946
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 19
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 20
1862 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 21
1862 - 1935
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 22
1850 - 1937
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 14
1910 - 1937
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 15
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 16
1884 - 1937
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 17
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 18
1886 - 1937
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 19
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 20
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 21
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 22
1863 - 1937
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 23
1866 - 1937
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 24
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 25
1882 - 1937
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 26
Among people born in United Kingdom, J. Bruce Ismay ranks 534 out of 7,765. Before him are Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Walter Raleigh (1554), Norman Haworth (1883), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Richard Griffiths (1947), and Raymond Cattell (1905). After him are James III of Scotland (1451), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Chaim Herzog (1918), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Tony Buzan (1942).
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 528
1554 - 1618
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 529
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 530
1784 - 1865
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 531
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 532
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 533
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 534
1451 - 1488
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 535
836 - 865
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 536
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 537
1940 - 1962
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 538
1840 - 1928
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 539
1942 - 2019
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 540
Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, J. Bruce Ismay ranks 7. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), Andrew Carnegie (1835), Thomas Cook (1808), Richard Branson (1950), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), and Frank Williams (1942). After him are Stanley Rous (1895), John McAfee (1945), Brian Epstein (1934), Ron Dennis (1947), Thomas Lipton (1848), and David Icke (1952).
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 1
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 2
1808 - 1892
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 5
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 6
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 7
1895 - 1986
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 8
1945 - 2021
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 9
1934 - 1967
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 11
1848 - 1931
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 13