NOBLEMAN

John Paul Getty III

1956 - 2011

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John Paul Getty III (; born Eugene Paul Getty II; November 4, 1956 – February 5, 2011) was the grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who was once the richest man in the world. While living in Rome in 1973, he was kidnapped by the 'Ndrangheta and held for a $17 million ransom. His grandfather was reluctant to pay, but, after John Paul Getty III's severed ear was received by a newspaper, the grandfather negotiated a payment of $2.2 million, and Getty was released five months after being kidnapped. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Paul Getty III has received more than 14,907,997 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Paul Getty III is the 661st most popular nobleman (up from 725th in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,498th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Nobleman.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, John Paul Getty III ranks 661 out of 1,415. Before him are Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Odo II, Count of Blois, Henutsen, Sancho García of Castile, and Sikelgaita. After him are John I, Count of Hainaut, Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Jadwiga of Kalisz, and Richilde, Countess of Hainaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, John Paul Getty III ranks 120. Before him are Taur Matan Ruak, Bo Derek, GG Allin, Roderick MacKinnon, Tim Russ, and Dana Delany. After him are Steven Bauer, Afric Simone, Lisa Niemi, Pim Verbeek, Trần Đại Quang, and Mirek Topolánek. Among people deceased in 2011, John Paul Getty III ranks 120. Before him are Ken Russell, Helen Frankenthaler, Peter Alexander, Nikolai Andrianov, Diane Cilento, and Violetta Villas. After him are Ange-Félix Patassé, Abdul Fatah Younis, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, María Elena Walsh, Jack Kevorkian, and Inese Jaunzeme.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Paul Getty III ranks 3,023 out of 20,380. Before him are Liev Schreiber (1967), Robert Morris (1931), Richard Lester (1932), Dana Delany (1956), Octavia Spencer (1972), and William Powell (1892). After him are The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Kate Millett (1934), Robert W. Wood (1868), Frank Wolff (1928), and George Mason (1725).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United States

Among noblemen born in United States, John Paul Getty III ranks 3. Before him are Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), and Liliʻuokalani (1838). After him are Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920), Kaʻiulani (1875), Kapiʻolani (1834), and Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (1998).

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