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Johns Hopkins

1795 - 1873

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Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for most of his life. Hopkins invested heavily in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), which eventually led to his appointment as finance director of the company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johns Hopkins has received more than 1,498,957 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Johns Hopkins is the 135th most popular businessperson (down from 50th in 2019), the 1,489th most popular biography from United States (down from 530th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Businessperson.

Johns Hopkins University is most famous for being the first American university to be established as a non-sectarian institution.

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  • 27

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  • 5.13

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  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Johns Hopkins ranks 135 out of 601. Before him are John DeLorean, Ethan Allen, Roger Ailes, Henry Ford II, Ron Dennis, and Roy O. Disney. After him are François Pinault, Armand Peugeot, Iwasaki Yatarō, Ren Zhengfei, Martha Stewart, and Lamine Diack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Johns Hopkins ranks 16. Before him are Ernst Heinrich Weber, Dred Scott, John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, and Ary Scheffer. After him are Vincent Pallotti, Hadji Murad, Maria Schicklgruber, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Heinrich Marschner, and Peter Andreas Hansen. Among people deceased in 1873, Johns Hopkins ranks 14. Before him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Fyodor Tyutchev, Vasil Levski, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. After him are Émile Gaboriau, Louis Agassiz, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, and Sheridan Le Fanu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johns Hopkins ranks 1,489 out of 18,182. Before him are Cybill Shepherd (1950), Martin Balsam (1919), Lil Wayne (1982), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), George Takei (1937), and Margaret Sanger (1879). After him are Patrick McGoohan (1928), Ma Barker (1873), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Lloyd Bridges (1913), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), and Samuel C. C. Ting (1936).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Johns Hopkins ranks 50. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), John DeLorean (1925), Ethan Allen (1738), Roger Ailes (1940), Henry Ford II (1917), and Roy O. Disney (1893). After him are Martha Stewart (1941), Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), Christina Onassis (1950), William C. Durant (1861), and John Sculley (1939).

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