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Jacob Schiff

1847 - 1920

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Jacob Henry Schiff (born Jakob Heinrich Schiff; January 10, 1847 – September 25, 1920) was a German Confederation-born 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 670,053 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jacob Schiff is the 7,208th most popular politician (up from 8,557th in 2019), the 2,016th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,471st in 2019) and the 610th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Schiff ranks 7,208 out of 15,577. Before him are Miguel Alemán Valdés, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Wirich Philipp von Daun, Marcus Minucius Rufus, Paavo Lipponen, and Julio María Sanguinetti. After him are Cao Kun, John II, Duke of Brabant, Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus, Orlando Letelier, Osorkon the Elder, and Manuel Fraga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jacob Schiff ranks 29. Before him are Bolesław Prus, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Nikolay Zhukovsky, John Bates Clark, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and Galileo Ferraris. After him are Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Alexander Lodygin, Adolf von Hildebrand, Robert Fuchs, and Camille Doncieux. Among people deceased in 1920, Jacob Schiff ranks 35. Before him are Abraham Kuyper, Lothar von Trotha, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Vladimir Purishkevich, Fatali Khan Khoyski, and Mikhail Eisenstein. After him are Alexius Meinong, Paul Adam, Ryu Gwansun, Herbert James Draper, S. Ansky, and Maria Bochkareva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 2,016 out of 6,142. Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Otto von Lossow (1868), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Augustin Bea (1881), and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577). After him are Carl Laemmle (1867), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Stefan Kuntz (1962), and Hans Cramer (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 610. Before him are Eduard Meyer (1855), Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), Alexander Gauland (1941), Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871), and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577). After him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1763), Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627), John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (1529), Wilhelm Marr (1819), and Albert Forster (1902).

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