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Joan Gamper

1877 - 1930

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Hans Max Gamper-Haessig (German pronunciation: [hans maks ˈɡampər ˈhɛːsɪg]; 22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930), commonly known as Joan Gamper (IPA: [ʒuˈaŋ ˈɡampər]), was a Swiss-born football executive and versatile athlete. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Barcelona and FC Zürich. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of FC Barcelona, being the fundamental head behind the foundation of the club in 1899, and then serving as the club's first captain between 1899 and 1903, netting over 100 goals in just 48 matches for Barça and in 1902, he captained his side to a victory in the Copa Macaya, the club's very first title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Gamper has received more than 597,439 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 38 in 2019). Joan Gamper is the 49th most popular businessperson (up from 53rd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 49th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Businessperson.

Joan Gamper was a football player and the founder of FC Barcelona. He is most famous for founding FC Barcelona and being a football player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Joan Gamper ranks 49 out of 601. Before him are Soichiro Honda, Robert Kiyosaki, Bernie Madoff, Ronald Wayne, Thomas Cook, and Sergei Diaghilev. After him are Dietrich Mateschitz, Rudolf Dassler, Henri Nestlé, Rupert Murdoch, Giovanni Agnelli, and Richard Branson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Joan Gamper ranks 8. Before him are Isadora Duncan, Hjalmar Schacht, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Wilhelm Frick, Frederick Soddy, and Francis William Aston. After him are Charles Glover Barkla, Muhammad Iqbal, Louis Renault, Edgar Cayce, Raoul Dufy, and G. H. Hardy. Among people deceased in 1930, Joan Gamper ranks 15. Before him are Cosima Wagner, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Christiaan Eijkman, Victoria of Baden, Fritz Pregl, and D. H. Lawrence. After him are Alfred von Tirpitz, Lon Chaney, Horst Wessel, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Arthur Balfour, and Siegfried Wagner.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Joan Gamper ranks 47 out of 876. Before him are Benjamin Constant (1767), Henry Fuseli (1741), Hermann Rorschach (1884), Albert I of Germany (1255), Robert Walser (1878), and Angelica Kauffman (1741). After him are Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Aga Khan IV (1936), Michel Mayor (1942), Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), and Hans Albert Einstein (1904).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Joan Gamper ranks 2. Before him are Sepp Blatter (1936). After him are Aga Khan IV (1936), Louis Chevrolet (1878), Gianni Infantino (1970), César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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