1925 - 2005
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motors.DeLorean managed the development of several vehicles throughout his career, including the Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Cosworth Vega, and DMC DeLorean, which was featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. He was the youngest division chief in General Motors history, then left to start the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John DeLorean has received more than 6,256,161 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John DeLorean is the 129th most popular businessperson (up from 161st in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,960th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, John DeLorean ranks 129 out of 601. Before him are Joan Laporta, Walter Chrysler, Giulia Tofana, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Solomon R. Guggenheim. After him are Ethan Allen, Roger Ailes, Henry Ford II, Ron Dennis, Roy O. Disney, and Johns Hopkins.
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 123
1875 - 1940
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 124
1581 - 1651
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 125
1927 - 2013
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 126
1794 - 1877
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 127
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 128
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 129
1738 - 1789
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 130
1940 - 2017
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 131
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 132
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 133
1893 - 1971
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 134
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1925, John DeLorean ranks 79. Before him are Robert Rauschenberg, Ernest Gellner, Michel de Certeau, Harry Harrison, Joshua Lederberg, and Leo Esaki. After him are Gabriele Amorth, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, José Freire Falcão, Charles Chaplin Jr., John Pople, and Willi Herold. Among people deceased in 2005, John DeLorean ranks 53. Before him are Mary Jackson, Consuelo Velázquez, Akira Yoshizawa, Ephraim Kishon, Rosemary Kennedy, and Emmanuelle Arsan. After him are Barbara Bel Geddes, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, William Westmoreland, Robert Sheckley, Arman, and Victoria de los Ángeles.
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 73
1925 - 1995
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 74
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 75
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 76
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 77
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 78
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 79
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 80
1925 - 2010
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 81
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 82
1925 - 1968
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 83
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 84
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 85
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 47
1916 - 2005
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 48
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 49
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 50
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 51
1932 - 2005
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 52
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 53
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 54
1935 - 2005
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 55
1914 - 2005
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 56
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 57
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 59
Among people born in United States, John DeLorean ranks 1,423 out of 18,182. Before him are Rollo May (1909), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Bob Ross (1942), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), and Lita Grey (1908). After him are Barbara Bel Geddes (1922), Connie Francis (1938), David Duchovny (1960), Charles G. Dawes (1865), Cesar Romero (1907), and Elias James Corey (1928).
1909 - 1994
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,417
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,418
1794 - 1877
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,419
1942 - 1995
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,420
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,421
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,422
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,423
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,424
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,425
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 1,426
1865 - 1951
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,427
1907 - 1994
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,428
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,429
Among businesspeople born in United States, John DeLorean ranks 45. Before him are Gordon Moore (1929), Stan Kroenke (1947), Bernard Baruch (1870), Walter Chrysler (1875), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), and Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861). After him are Ethan Allen (1738), Roger Ailes (1940), Henry Ford II (1917), Roy O. Disney (1893), Johns Hopkins (1795), and Martha Stewart (1941).
1929 - 2023
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 39
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 40
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 41
1875 - 1940
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 42
1794 - 1877
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 43
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 44
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 45
1738 - 1789
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 46
1940 - 2017
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 47
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 48
1893 - 1971
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 49
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 51