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John Templeton

1912 - 2008

John Templeton

Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 – 8 July 2008) was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund, which averaged growth over 15% per year for 38 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Templeton has received more than 410,789 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Templeton is the 390th most popular businessperson (down from 297th in 2019), the 6,045th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,067th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Businessperson.

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410k
Page Views (PV)
59.12
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
2.79
Effective Languages (L*)
2.97
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Templeton ranks 390 out of 604. Before him are Anita Roddick, Reed Hastings, Piero Dusio, John Munro Longyear, George Peabody, and Harvey S. Firestone. After him are Gigi Becali, Jorma Ollila, Eli Lilly, Arkady Rotenberg, Eike Batista, and Thierry Breton.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

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Anita Roddick
1942 - 2007
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 384
Reed Hastings
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 385
Piero Dusio
1899 - 1975
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 386
John Munro Longyear
1850 - 1922
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 387
George Peabody
1795 - 1869
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 388
Harvey S. Firestone
1868 - 1938
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 389
John Templeton
1912 - 2008
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 390
Gigi Becali
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 391
Jorma Ollila
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 392
Eli Lilly
1838 - 1898
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 393
Arkady Rotenberg
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 394
Eike Batista
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 395
Thierry Breton
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 396

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, John Templeton ranks 242. Before him are Julián Berrendero, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Alfred Aston, Hideo Itokawa, Ben Hogan, and Émile Allais. After him are Pál Kovács, Conlon Nancarrow, Gordon Parks, Segundo Durandal, Santiago Lovell, and Ollie Johnston. Among people deceased in 2008, John Templeton ranks 206. Before him are Levy Mwanawasa, Raúl Reyes, Choi Jin-sil, Ignazio Fabra, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Johnny Griffin. After him are John List, Peter Poreku Dery, Béatrix Beck, Natalia Bessmertnova, Nikolai Baibakov, and Norman Smith.

Others Born in 1912

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Julián Berrendero
1912 - 1995
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 236
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1912 - 1988
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 237
Alfred Aston
1912 - 2003
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 238
Hideo Itokawa
1912 - 1999
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 239
Ben Hogan
1912 - 1997
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 240
Émile Allais
1912 - 2012
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 241
John Templeton
1912 - 2008
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 242
Pál Kovács
1912 - 1995
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 243
Conlon Nancarrow
1912 - 1997
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 244
Gordon Parks
1912 - 2006
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
Segundo Durandal
1912 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 246
Santiago Lovell
1912 - 1966
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 247
Ollie Johnston
1912 - 2008
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 248