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James Smith McDonnell

1899 - 1980

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James Smith "Mac" McDonnell (April 9, 1899 – August 22, 1980) was an American aviator, engineer, and businessman. He was an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas (which is now Boeing, after the latter's company merger in 1997), and the James S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Smith McDonnell has received more than 221,730 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Smith McDonnell is the 533rd most popular businessperson, the 7,331st most popular biography from United States and the 174th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, James Smith McDonnell ranks 533 out of 847. Before him are Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Steve Forbes, Boris Hagelin, Jamie Dimon, Ben Bradlee, and William McGregor. After him are Joe Sutter, Richard Hilton, David Richards, Sam Panopoulos, Jay Gould, and Trip Hawkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, James Smith McDonnell ranks 238. Before him are Byron Haskin, Curtis Bernhardt, Frances Yates, Harald Tammer, Yervand Kochar, and Charlotte Auerbach. After him are Pat O'Brien, Juan Arremón, Hans Jacob Nielsen, John Qualen, Ian Keith, and Maurice Carême. Among people deceased in 1980, James Smith McDonnell ranks 234. Before him are Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Marin Preda, Luis Muñoz Marín, Joseph Banks Rhine, Carl Ebert, and Clyfford Still. After him are Jóhann Hafstein, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Fumio Gotō, Strother Martin, Barbara Loden, and José Muguerza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Smith McDonnell ranks 7,331 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Burns (1968), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Pete Docter (1968), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), and William Luther Pierce (1933). After him are Lili Taylor (1967), James Spriggs Payne (1819), Harry Lennix (1964), Theodore Roberts (1861), Wallace Reid (1891), and Jeff Hardy (1977).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, James Smith McDonnell ranks 174. Before him are Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Leo Burnett (1891), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Steve Forbes (1947), Jamie Dimon (1956), and Ben Bradlee (1921). After him are Joe Sutter (1921), Richard Hilton (1955), Jay Gould (1836), Trip Hawkins (1953), Richard Bass (1929), and Susan Kare (1954).

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