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Jim Marshall

1923 - 2012

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James Charles Marshall (29 July 1923 – 5 April 2012) known as The Father of Loud or The Lord of Loud, was an English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. His company, Marshall Amplification, founded in 1962, has created equipment that is used by some of the biggest names in rock music, producing amplifiers with an iconic status. Described by The Times as a "charismatic amplifier innovator and music entrepreneur", Marshall was awarded an OBE at Buckingham Palace in 2003 for "services to the music industry and to charity". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Marshall has received more than 31,577 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jim Marshall is the 421st most popular businessperson (down from 408th in 2019), the 2,799th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,940th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jim Marshall ranks 421 out of 847. Before him are Victor Pinchuk, Andrea Agnelli, Sylvia Beach, John Templeton, John Elkann, and Jim Walton. After him are Maurice Farman, Vincent J. McMahon, Jim Ratcliffe, Jorge Mendes, Guy Laliberté, and Angus Ogilvy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jim Marshall ranks 254. Before him are Eugene Sledge, Joseph Colombo, Primo Nebiolo, Marc Riboud, Rhonda Fleming, and Rentarō Mikuni. After him are Charlie Mariano, Somnath Sharma, Harish-Chandra, Giulio Cabianca, James Arness, and Fats Navarro. Among people deceased in 2012, Jim Marshall ranks 220. Before him are Peter Carsten, Sergio Toppi, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, John Hick, Simin Daneshvar, and Barry Commoner. After him are Pierre Schoendoerffer, Humayun Ahmed, Takeshi Urata, Claude Miller, Ulu Grosbard, and Paul Pietsch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 2,799 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred Deller (1912), Tyson Fury (1988), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Howard Webb (1971), George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), and Amanda Tapping (1965). After him are Dawn Addams (1930), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jason Flemyng (1966), Clare Torry (1947), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), and Tom Baker (1934).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 26. Before him are Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Mark Thatcher (1953), Henry Cole (1808), Ken Aston (1915), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), and Edward Colston (1636). After him are Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Angus Ogilvy (1928), Fred Karno (1866), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), and John Houlding (1833).

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