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James Gordon Bennett Jr.

1841 - 1918

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James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gordon Bennett Jr. has received more than 268,331 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Gordon Bennett Jr. is the 572nd most popular businessperson (down from 524th in 2019), the 8,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,128th in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Gordon Bennett Jr.s by language

Over the past year James Gordon Bennett Jr. has had the most page views in the with 34,964 views, followed by French (3,216), and Polish (3,101). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (89.86%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (66.78%), and Arabic (56.50%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 572 out of 847. Before him are Lisa Su, Harvey S. Firestone, Jean-Paul Agon, Anita Roddick, Dwarkanath Tagore, and Jacqueline Mars. After him are Eric Trump, Owen D. Young, Marc Faber, Alan Sugar, Mary Barra, and Paul Stoddart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 92. Before him are Hugo Gyldén, Manuel Candamo, Gaudenzio Marconi, Alfred Cogniaux, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, and Nelson W. Aldrich. After him are Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Kliment of Tarnovo, Chrétien Waydelich, Mary Arthur McElroy, Andrew Ainslie Common, and Julio Herrera y Obes. Among people deceased in 1918, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 168. Before him are V. Volodarsky, Casimir de Candolle, Martin Sheridan, Rose Cleveland, John Antoine Nau, and Antonios Pepanos. After him are Hanns Braun, Reggie Pridmore, George Reid, Anna Held, Walter Chaffe, and Grove Karl Gilbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 8,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Amar Bose (1929), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), Emma Smith (1804), Marie Windsor (1919), Brad Renfro (1982), and Gregory Chaitin (1947). After him are Harlow Curtice (1893), John David Washington (1984), Mark Eaton (1957), Arthur Dove (1880), Jessica Simpson (1980), and Arthur Wightman (1922).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 190. Before him are Sherry Lansing (1944), Adam Silver (1962), Marcus Loew (1870), Bruce Buck (1946), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), and Jacqueline Mars (1939). After him are Eric Trump (1984), Owen D. Young (1874), Mary Barra (1961), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), John Wanamaker (1838), and Shane McMahon (1970).

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