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Leonard Chess

1917 - 1969

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Leonard Samuel Chess (born Lejzor Szmuel Czyż; March 12, 1917 – October 16, 1969), best known simply as Leonard Chess, was a Polish-American record company executive and the co-founder of Chess Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Chess has received more than 1,416,668 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonard Chess is the 618th most popular businessperson (down from 575th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belarusian Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Leonard Chesses by language

Over the past year Leonard Chess has had the most page views in the with 113,392 views, followed by Spanish (6,518), and French (3,995). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (153.48%), Spanish (45.17%), and Arabic (29.26%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Leonard Chess ranks 618 out of 847. Before her are Micky Arison, Yelena Baturina, Leonid Fedun, Allan Williams, Lamar Hunt, and Clyde Cessna. After her are George Steinbrenner, Ajay Banga, Linda Yaccarino, Hiro Matsushita, Oleg Tinkov, and Irwin M. Jacobs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Leonard Chess ranks 297. Before her are Rufus Thomas, Birger Rosengren, Qaysin Quli, Zagir Ismagilov, Manuel Alexandre, and Jovdat Hajiyev. After her are David Hampshire, Tadd Dameron, Jean Lucas, Carl Forssell, Jerry Wexler, and Walter Lord. Among people deceased in 1969, Leonard Chess ranks 219. Before her are Heinrich Hax, Bess Meredyth, Miklós Szilvási, Ben Alexander, Commodore Cochran, and Bogumił Kobiela. After her are Raymond Flacher, Viktor Vinogradov, Manuel Plaza, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Rodolfo Choperena, and Petras Klimas.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Leonard Chess ranks 180 out of 368. Before her are Wilhelm Anderson (1880), Aleksandr Dedyushko (1962), Andrey Melnichenko (1972), Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950), Aryna Sabalenka (1998), and Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875). After her are Maja Berezowska (1893), Alyona Lanskaya (1985), Viktar Babaryka (1963), Valentina Stenina (1934), Darya Domracheva (1986), and Rita Achkina (1938).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belarus

Among businesspeople born in Belarus, Leonard Chess ranks 3. Before her are David Sarnoff (1891), and Andrey Melnichenko (1972). After her are Gary Vaynerchuk (1975).

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