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Malcom McLean

1913 - 2001

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Malcom Purcell McLean (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001) was an American businessman who invented the modern intermodal shipping container, which revolutionized transport and international trade in the second half of the twentieth century. Containerization led to a significant reduction in the cost of freight transportation by eliminating the need for repeated handling of individual pieces of cargo, and also improved reliability, reduced cargo theft, and cut inventory costs by shortening transit time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malcom McLean has received more than 708,613 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Malcom McLean is the 392nd most popular businessperson (down from 330th in 2019), the 4,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,991st in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 710k

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  • 51.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Malcom McLean ranks 392 out of 847. Before him are Mohammed bin Hammam, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Sergei Shchukin, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Franz Josef Popp, and Adolf Merckle. After him are Toto Wolff, David Geffen, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Peter Thiel, Henry Cole, and Eddie Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Malcom McLean ranks 182. Before him are Ćamil Sijarić, Tahir Yahya, Salvador Artigas, Vasco Pratolini, Ed Ablowich, and Robert Jungk. After him are Jean Nicolas, Fritz Darges, Roberto Porta, Georges Candilis, Benjamin Markarian, and Woody Herman. Among people deceased in 2001, Malcom McLean ranks 156. Before him are Stelios Kazantzidis, Salahuddin of Selangor, Jaromil Jireš, Helge Ingstad, Don Bradman, and Arie van Vliet. After him are Robert Leckie, Enrique Mateos, Ninette de Valois, Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, and Gordon R. Dickson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Malcom McLean ranks 4,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Meisner (1946), Ed Heinemann (1908), Evelyn Keyes (1916), Harold Osborn (1899), William Cameron Menzies (1896), and Matisyahu (1979). After him are Bridget Moynahan (1971), Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Gene Tunney (1897), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Thomas Friedman (1953), and Robert Leckie (1920).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Malcom McLean ranks 118. Before him are Ray Dalio (1949), Cyrus West Field (1819), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Andrew Tate (1986), Reed Hastings (1960), and Armand Hammer (1898). After him are David Geffen (1943), Katharine Graham (1917), Robert Monroe (1915), Roy Raymond (1947), Ron Woodroof (1950), and Charles Yerkes (1837).

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