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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, has created equipment that is used by some of the biggest names in rock music, producing amplifiers with an iconic status.In 2003, Marshall was awarded an OBE at Buckingham Palace 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 29,986 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Marshall is the 408th most popular businessperson (down from 320th in 2019), the 2,948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,624th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 30k

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  • 48.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jim Marshall ranks 408 out of 601Before him are S. Robson Walton, Christophe de Margerie, Carl Icahn, Samuel Brannan, Jensen Huang, and Gigi Becali. After him are Savva Mamontov, Gaston Gallimard, Jerry Yang, Azim Premji, Muhtar Kent, and Mansour Ojjeh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jim Marshall ranks 248Before him are Murray Hamilton, Bryce DeWitt, Paul Xuereb, William Windom, Bror Mellberg, and Mikhail Pugovkin. After him are Red Garland, Ennio de Concini, Ahti Karjalainen, Xie Jin, Juvenal Amarijo, and Menahem Pressler. Among people deceased in 2012, Jim Marshall ranks 220Before him are Davy Jones, Shukri Ghanem, Edvard Mirzoyan, Peter Carsten, William Windom, and James Farentino. After him are Ramaz Shengelia, Lupe Ontiveros, Verghese Kurien, Rafael Lesmes, Richard Lynch, and Sergio Livingstone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 2,948 out of 7,765Before him are Edmund Purdom (1926), Donald Moffat (1930), Jeremy Northam (1961), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Sally Hawkins (1976), and Robert Bolt (1924). After him are John Biscoe (1794), David Almond (1951), Dennis Stratton (1952), Arnold Wesker (1932), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), and Geoff Downes (1952).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 25Before him are Mark Thatcher (1953), Edward Cave (1691), Alfred Edwards (1850), Henry Cole (1808), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), and William Knox D'Arcy (1849). After him are John Houlding (1833), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), Isabella Beeton (1836), Anita Roddick (1942), and William McGregor (1846).