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King C. Gillette

1855 - 1932

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King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor. Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. Gillette is often erroneously credited with inventing the so-called razor and blades business model in which razors are sold cheaply to increase the market for blades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of King C. Gillette has received more than 694,155 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). King C. Gillette is the 200th most popular businessperson (down from 181st in 2019), the 2,189th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,260th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 690k

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  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, King C. Gillette ranks 200 out of 601. Before him are Yves Rocher, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Uğur Şahin, Maxwell Perkins, Henry J. Heinz, and Andrew Grove. After him are Joe Weider, David Icke, Fredrik Idestam, Axel Springer, Guy de Rothschild, and Max Manus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, King C. Gillette ranks 26. Before him are Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Živojin Mišić, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Anatoly Lyadov, Vlaho Bukovac, and Narayana Guru. After him are Evelyn De Morgan, Guido Adler, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Edwin Hall, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Eduard Meyer. Among people deceased in 1932, King C. Gillette ranks 40. Before him are Ahmed Shawqi, Reginald Fessenden, Ovide Decroly, John Philip Sousa, Johannes Schober, and Louis Anquetin. After him are René-Louis Baire, Guillaume Bigourdan, Émile Friant, Nureddin Pasha, Ramon Casas, and Ivar Kreuger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, King C. Gillette ranks 2,189 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Gallo (1937), Lisa Bonet (1967), Prescott Bush (1895), James Bowie (1796), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), and Kim Hunter (1922). After him are Moondog (1916), The Undertaker (1965), Edward Zwick (1952), Victor Mature (1913), Karl Malone (1963), and Langston Hughes (1902).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, King C. Gillette ranks 73. Before him are Jack Welch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), Sheldon Adelson (1933), George Gallup (1901), Maxwell Perkins (1884), and Henry J. Heinz (1844). After him are Chad Hurley (1977), Charlie Munger (1924), Erin Brockovich (1960), Hetty Green (1834), Alice Walton (1949), and Steve Fossett (1944).

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