1856 - 1925
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing, and his involvement with Duke University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Buchanan Duke has received more than 992,874 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). James Buchanan Duke is the 438th most popular businessperson (down from 372nd in 2019), the 5,948th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,676th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, James Buchanan Duke ranks 438 out of 601. Before him are Jorma Ollila, Jerry Buss, Rina Zaripova, J. R. D. Tata, Helen Walton, and Neil Aspinall. After him are Anders Hejlsberg, Philippe Kahn, Tim O'Reilly, Milton S. Hershey, Mohammed bin Hammam, and Thierry Breton.
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 432
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 433
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 434
1904 - 1993
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 435
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 436
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 437
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 438
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 439
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 440
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 441
1857 - 1945
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 442
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 443
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 444
Among people born in 1856, James Buchanan Duke ranks 91. Before him are Aleksander Brückner, Robert Kajanus, Matilde Serao, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Louis Brandeis, and Władysław Ślewiński. After him are Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Willem Kes, Ernst Brenner, Alfred Deakin, and Alberto Palacio. Among people deceased in 1925, James Buchanan Duke ranks 112. Before him are Jules Méline, Richard Teichmann, Alexandru Marghiloman, Herbert Lawford, Carl Neumann, and Liao Zhongkai. After him are Fernand Sanz, Jaap Eden, Geo Milev, Samuel Berger, Oskar Lenz, and Jean de Reszke.
1856 - 1939
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 85
1856 - 1933
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 86
1856 - 1927
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 87
1856 - 1928
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 88
1856 - 1941
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 89
1856 - 1918
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 90
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 91
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 92
1856 - 1931
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 93
1856 - 1934
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 94
1856 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 95
1856 - 1919
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 96
1856 - 1939
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 97
1838 - 1925
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 106
1868 - 1925
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 107
1854 - 1925
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 108
1851 - 1925
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 109
1832 - 1925
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 110
1877 - 1925
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 111
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 112
1881 - 1925
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 113
1873 - 1925
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 114
1895 - 1925
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 115
1884 - 1925
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 116
1848 - 1925
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 117
1850 - 1925
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, James Buchanan Duke ranks 5,948 out of 18,182. Before him are Julia Morgan (1872), Joe Lieberman (1942), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Sonny Clark (1931), James Blish (1921), and Sheree J. Wilson (1958). After him are Yvonne Elliman (1951), Greg Bear (1951), Ronald McNair (1950), Usher (1978), Sarah Shahi (1980), and Walt Frazier (1945).
1872 - 1957
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 5,942
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,943
1876 - 1956
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,944
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,945
1921 - 1975
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,946
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,947
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,948
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 5,949
1951 - 2022
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 5,950
1950 - 1986
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 5,951
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 5,952
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 5,953
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 5,954
Among businesspeople born in United States, James Buchanan Duke ranks 144. Before him are Bob Lazar (1959), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Michael Dell (1965), George Peabody (1795), Jerry Buss (1933), and Helen Walton (1919). After him are Milton S. Hershey (1857), Herman Cain (1945), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Mary Barra (1961), Trip Hawkins (1953), and Eli Lilly (1838).
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 138
1937 - 2018
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 139
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 140
1795 - 1869
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 141
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 142
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 143
1856 - 1925
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 144
1857 - 1945
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 145
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 146
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 147
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 148
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 149
1838 - 1898
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 150