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John Henry Davies

1864 - 1927

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John Henry Davies (c. 1864 – 24 October 1927) was a wealthy British brewery owner who in 1902 took over the football club Manchester United, which was then called Newton Heath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Henry Davies has received more than 77,953 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Henry Davies is the 505th most popular businessperson, the 3,499th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 33rd most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Henry Davies ranks 505 out of 847. Before him are Will Keith Kellogg, Petr Kellner, Samuel P. Bush, Gene Haas, Mario Segale, and Jared Kushner. After him are Gregory Olsen, Johan Anker, Choi Soon-sil, Irving Kristol, Ian Livingstone, and Indra Nooyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, John Henry Davies ranks 130. Before him are Alfred Roller, Victor Bérard, Einar Benediktsson, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Sergei Zubatov, and Stéphane Javelle. After him are Alfred John Keene, Herman Heijermans, Juhan Liiv, F. Holland Day, Thomas Walker Arnold, and Ransom E. Olds. Among people deceased in 1927, John Henry Davies ranks 114. Before him are Hermann von Stein, Marianne Stokes, Henri Hubert, Friedrich Reinitzer, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Leonard Nelson. After him are Marie Spartali Stillman, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, J. B. Bury, Vincenzo Cerulli, Feliciano Viera, and Kenjirō Tokutomi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Henry Davies ranks 3,499 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Bolt (1924), Adrienne Corri (1931), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), William Martin Leake (1777), Suze Randall (1946), and Pat Roach (1937). After him are Douglas Hartree (1897), Nicholas Evans (1950), Sandy Denny (1947), Graham Potter (1975), John Lyly (1554), and Blanche Bingley (1863).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, John Henry Davies ranks 33. Before him are Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Angus Ogilvy (1928), Fred Karno (1866), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), and John Houlding (1833). After him are Ian Livingstone (1949), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Isabella Beeton (1836), William McGregor (1846), David Richards (1952), and George Williams (1821).

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