1867 - 1919
Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other women might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented.Walker made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for black women through the business she founded, Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madam C. J. Walker has received more than 7,753,621 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Madam C. J. Walker is the 51st most popular businessperson (up from 309th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,314th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Madam C. J. Walker ranks 51 out of 604. Before her are Henri Nestlé, Sergei Diaghilev, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Thomas Cook, Otto Frank, and Johns Hopkins. After her are Aga Khan IV, Joan Gamper, J. Bruce Ismay, Calouste Gulbenkian, Robert McNamara, and Paul Allen.
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 45
1872 - 1929
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 47
1808 - 1892
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 48
1889 - 1980
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 49
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 50
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 51
1936 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 52
1877 - 1930
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 53
1862 - 1937
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 54
1869 - 1955
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 55
1916 - 2009
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 56
1953 - 2018
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker ranks 11. Before her are Luigi Pirandello, Emil Nolde, Arturo Toscanini, John Galsworthy, Mary of Teck, and Percy Fawcett. After her are Pierre Bonnard, Emily Greene Balch, Käthe Kollwitz, Natsume Sōseki, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Walther Rathenau. Among people deceased in 1919, Madam C. J. Walker ranks 15. Before her are Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Gojong of Korea, William Crookes, and Carl Larsson. After her are Alfred Werner, Yakov Sverdlov, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, L. Frank Baum, and Ismail Qemali.
1867 - 1936
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 5
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 6
1867 - 1957
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 7
1867 - 1933
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 8
1867 - 1953
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 9
1867 - 1925
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 10
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 11
1867 - 1947
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 12
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 13
1867 - 1945
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 14
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 15
1867 - 1929
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 16
1867 - 1922
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 17
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 11
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 13
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 14
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 15
1866 - 1919
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 16
1885 - 1919
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 17
1860 - 1919
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 18
1842 - 1919
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 19
1856 - 1919
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 20
1844 - 1919
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Madam C. J. Walker ranks 533 out of 15,968. Before her are Tyrone Power (1914), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Johns Hopkins (1795), Nancy Pelosi (1940), and Billie Holiday (1915). After her are Harper Lee (1926), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Howard Gardner (1943), Ed Harris (1950), and Chester A. Arthur (1829).
1914 - 1958
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 527
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 528
1947 - 2009
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 529
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 530
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 531
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 532
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 533
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 534
1972 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 535
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 536
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 537
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 538
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 539
Among businesspeople born in United States, Madam C. J. Walker ranks 19. Before her are P. T. Barnum (1810), Steve Ballmer (1956), Robert Kardashian (1944), Jeff Bezos (1964), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), and Johns Hopkins (1795). After her are Robert McNamara (1916), Paul Allen (1953), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Fred Trump (1905), Estée Lauder (1906), and Martin Cooper (1928).
1810 - 1891
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 13
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 14
1944 - 2003
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 15
1964 - Present
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 17
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 18
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 19
1916 - 2009
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 20
1953 - 2018
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 21
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 22
1905 - 1999
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 23
1906 - 2004
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 24
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 25