1829 - 1902
Levi Strauss (, born Löb Strauß, German: [løːp ˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born, Jewish American businessman, who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Levi Strauss has received more than 1,480,256 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Levi Strauss is the 17th most popular businessperson (down from 15th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Germany (down from 164th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Levi Strauss ranks 17 out of 604. Before him are David Rockefeller, Vince McMahon, Ray Kroc, Sepp Blatter, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and Carlos Slim. After him are Muhammad Yunus, Adolf Dassler, Cosimo de' Medici, Amancio Ortega, Ludwig Erhard, and Colonel Sanders.
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 12
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 13
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 14
1838 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 16
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 18
1900 - 1978
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 19
1389 - 1464
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 20
1936 - Present
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 21
1897 - 1977
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 22
1890 - 1980
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1829, Levi Strauss ranks 3. Before him are Geronimo and Oscar II of Sweden. After him are August Kekulé, Anton Rubinstein, John Everett Millais, Chester A. Arthur, Asaph Hall, Auguste Beernaert, Alfred Brehm, Theodor Billroth, and Anselm Feuerbach. Among people deceased in 1902, Levi Strauss ranks 3. Before him are Émile Zola and Cecil Rhodes. After him are Rudolf Virchow, Swami Vivekananda, Maria Goretti, Samuel Butler, Marie Henriette of Austria, James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Ion Ivanovici.
1829 - 1909
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 1
1829 - 1907
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 2
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 4
1829 - 1894
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 5
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 6
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 7
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 8
1829 - 1912
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 9
1829 - 1884
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 10
1829 - 1894
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 11
1829 - 1880
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 12
1840 - 1902
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 2
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 4
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 6
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 11
1845 - 1902
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Levi Strauss ranks 176 out of 5,289. Before him are Herbert Marcuse (1898), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), and Werner von Siemens (1816). After him are Emmy Noether (1882), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Jacob Grimm (1785), Edith Stein (1891), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), and Conrad III of Germany (1093).
1898 - 1979
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 170
1795 - 1861
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 171
1497 - 1545
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 172
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 173
1683 - 1737
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 174
1816 - 1892
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 175
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 176
1882 - 1935
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 177
1729 - 1781
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 178
1785 - 1863
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 179
1891 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 180
1850 - 1918
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 181
1093 - 1152
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 182
Among businesspeople born in Germany, Levi Strauss ranks 2. Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838). After him are Adolf Dassler (1900), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Robert Bosch (1861), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Henri Nestlé (1814), Otto Frank (1889), Bertha Benz (1849), Jakob Fugger (1459), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), and Dietmar Hopp (1940).
1838 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 1
1829 - 1902
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 2
1900 - 1978
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 3
1897 - 1977
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 4
1861 - 1942
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 5
1898 - 1974
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 6
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 7
1889 - 1980
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 8
1849 - 1944
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 9
1459 - 1525
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 10
1777 - 1836
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 12