1837 - 1913
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was a driving personal force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Over the course of his career on Wall Street, Morgan spearheaded the formation of several prominent multinational corporations including U.S. Steel, International Harvester, and General Electric. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. P. Morgan has received more than 10,972,353 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). J. P. Morgan is the 34th most popular businessperson (down from 28th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from United States (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Businessperson.
J.P. Morgan was an American financier and banker who founded the company that later became J.P. Morgan Chase. He was responsible for organizing the 1901 merger of the Carnegie Steel Company and other steel and railroad companies to form U.S. Steel. He also helped to form the United States Steel Corporation, which was the world's first billion-dollar corporation. He was also a key player in the formation of the Federal Reserve System.
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Among businesspeople, J. P. Morgan ranks 34 out of 601. Before him are P. T. Barnum, Adolf Dassler, Jules Rimet, Andrew Carnegie, Steve Ballmer, and Hugh Hefner. After him are Guccio Gucci, Otto Frank, João Havelange, Robert Bosch, J. Paul Getty, and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
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
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1837, J. P. Morgan ranks 5. Before him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Alois Hitler, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, and Grover Cleveland. After him are Mily Balakirev, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Fredrik Bajer, Cosima Wagner, Adam Opel, Marie François Sadi Carnot, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Among people deceased in 1913, J. P. Morgan ranks 5. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, Rudolf Diesel, Alfred Russel Wallace, and George I of Greece. After him are Alfred von Schlieffen, Menelik II, Harriet Tubman, Sophia of Nassau, Lesya Ukrainka, Tobias Asser, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
1837 - 1898
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 1
1837 - 1903
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 2
1837 - 1923
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 3
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 4
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 5
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 6
1837 - 1897
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 7
1837 - 1922
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 8
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 10
1837 - 1894
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 11
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
1857 - 1913
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 1
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 3
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 4
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 5
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 9
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
1838 - 1913
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, J. P. Morgan ranks 368 out of 18,182. Before him are Zodiac Killer (1940), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Mickey Rourke (1952), Ed Gein (1906), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), and Calvin Klein (1942). After him are Paulette Goddard (1910), Faye Dunaway (1941), Rock Hudson (1925), Charles Francis Richter (1900), Jay Leno (1950), and Jennifer Lopez (1969).
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
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 368
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 369
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 370
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 371
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 372
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 373
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 374
Among businesspeople born in United States, J. P. Morgan ranks 15. Before him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Philip Kotler (1931), Ray Kroc (1902), P. T. Barnum (1810), Steve Ballmer (1956), and Hugh Hefner (1926). After him are J. Paul Getty (1892), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Bernie Madoff (1938), Ronald Wayne (1934), Robert Kardashian (1944), and Mark Zuckerberg (1984).
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
1984 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 21