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Kenneth Lay

1942 - 2006

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Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the largest bankruptcy ever to that date. Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud at trial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Lay has received more than 2,978,274 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kenneth Lay is the 59th most popular mafioso (down from 52nd in 2019), the 8,192nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,845th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Kenneth Lay ranks 59 out of 70. Before him are Tony Accardo, Joe Profaci, Carlos Marcello, Jonathan Pollard, Assata Shakur, and Sergei Magnitsky. After him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Abu Qatada, Rakhat Aliyev, Salah Abdeslam, Abu Hamza al-Masri, and Anna Sorokin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Kenneth Lay ranks 543. Before him are Jaime Graça, Mike Summerbee, Martin Cruz Smith, Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, and Antonio Martino. After him are Brandon Carter, Anita Roddick, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Béla Károlyi, and Robert Costanzo. Among people deceased in 2006, Kenneth Lay ranks 291. Before him are Charles Haughey, Bob Mathias, Lidia Wysocka, Peter Osgood, Ratmir Kholmov, and Juice Leskinen. After him are Arthur Lee, Katherine Dunham, Liese Prokop, Robert Earl Jones, Annette Rogers, and Mario Francesco Pompedda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Lay ranks 8,192 out of 20,380. Before him are John Keel (1930), Marshall Allman (1984), John J. Sullivan (1959), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), Don Carlos Buell (1818), and Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851). After him are Alice Drummond (1928), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Maddie Ziegler (2002), Al Ernest Garcia (1887), Kendrick Lamar (1987), and Harvey S. Firestone (1868).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Kenneth Lay ranks 24. Before him are Sammy Gravano (1945), Belle Starr (1848), Joseph Colombo (1923), Tony Accardo (1906), Jonathan Pollard (1954), and Assata Shakur (1947). After him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Troy Davis (1968), and Amanda Knox (1987).

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