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J. R. D. Tata

1904 - 1993

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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, aviator and former chairman of Tata Group. Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his wife Suzanne Brière. He is best known for being the founder of several industries under the Tata Group, including Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Salt, Voltas and Air India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. R. D. Tata has received more than 5,177,952 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). J. R. D. Tata is the 438th most popular businessperson (down from 435th in 2019), the 3,966th most popular biography from France (down from 3,884th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Businessperson.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, J. R. D. Tata ranks 438 out of 847. Before him are Peter Lynch, Jawed Karim, Azim Premji, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Elisabeth Abegg, and James Buchanan Duke. After him are Muhtar Kent, Pierre Veyron, Fred Karno, Michael Dell, Rina Zaripova, and Henry Clay Frick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, J. R. D. Tata ranks 206. Before him are Lili Damita, Richard Addinsell, Bozorg Alavi, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Shunryū Suzuki, and Alger Hiss. After him are Jimmy McGrory, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Hans Furler, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Anton Yugov, and Ray Bolger. Among people deceased in 1993, J. R. D. Tata ranks 162. Before him are Gordon Douglas, Albert Collins, Bob Kiesel, Camargo Guarnieri, Giuseppe Occhialini, and Fred Gwynne. After him are Robert Jacobsen, Pino Puglisi, Ihor Turchyn, Carlos Marcello, Cesar Chavez, and Masuji Ibuse.

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In France

Among people born in France, J. R. D. Tata ranks 3,966 out of 6,770. Before him are Sidney Govou (1979), René Dubos (1901), Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma (1933), Renée Jeanne Falconetti (1892), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), and Alphonse Legros (1837). After him are Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Léon Delagrange (1872), Dominique Fernandez (1929), Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), and Jacques Pelletier du Mans (1517).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, J. R. D. Tata ranks 30. Before him are Thierry Breton (1955), Christophe de Margerie (1951), Johann Carolus (1575), Gaston Gallimard (1881), Maurice Farman (1877), and Elisabeth Abegg (1882). After him are Pierre Veyron (1903), Émile Étienne Guimet (1836), Frédéric Vasseur (1968), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Eugène Lanti (1879), and Pierre Omidyar (1967).

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