POLITICIAN

Jacob Schiff

1847 - 1920

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Jacob Henry Schiff (born Jakob Heinrich Schiff; January 10, 1847 – September 25, 1920) was an American banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He helped finance the expansion of American railroads and the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Schiff migrated to the United States after the American Civil War and joined the firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Schiff has received more than 720,185 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jacob Schiff is the 7,161st most popular politician (up from 7,188th in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,014th in 2019) and the 578th most popular German Politician.

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  • 720k

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  • 56.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Schiff ranks 7,161 out of 19,576. Before him are Dolon, Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yahya ibn Khalid, Arnaldo Forlani, and Sébastien Érard. After him are Andronikos Doukas, Leland Stanford, Sibylla of Anjou, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Constantine II of Scotland, and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jacob Schiff ranks 31. Before him are Paul Langerhans, Frits Thaulow, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Camille Doncieux, Galileo Ferraris, and John Bates Clark. After him are Hans Gross, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Sidney Sonnino, Adolf von Hildebrand, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, and Ferdinand Fellner. Among people deceased in 1920, Jacob Schiff ranks 38. Before him are Lothar von Trotha, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Mikhail Eisenstein, William Chester Minor, Norman Lockyer, and Vladimir Purishkevich. After him are S. Ansky, Joseph Trumpeldor, Alexius Meinong, Amedee Reyburn, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, and Sarada Devi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 1,966 out of 7,253. Before him are Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Hans Hartung (1904), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), and Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688). After him are Paul Gerhardt (1607), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906), Christoph Schneider (1966), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), and Fritz Wunderlich (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 578. Before him are Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Georg Ebers (1837), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828), and Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678). After him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Alexander Gauland (1941), Hinrich Lohse (1896), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), and Walter Buch (1883).

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