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James Buchanan Duke

1856 - 1925

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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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  • 990k

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  • 47.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United States

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).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

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).

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