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Maurice de Hirsch

1831 - 1896

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Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch, was a German Jewish financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice de Hirsch has received more than 185,170 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Maurice de Hirsch is the 182nd most popular businessperson (up from 217th in 2019), the 1,711th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,955th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Businessperson.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.64

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  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Maurice de Hirsch ranks 182 out of 847. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Ted Turner, Martha Stewart, Isaac Carasso, Rebiya Kadeer, and Pierre Bergé. After him are Ludvig Nobel, Frank Williams, Marissa Mayer, Walter Chrysler, Larry Silverstein, and Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Maurice de Hirsch ranks 30. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Nadezhda von Meck, Ilya Ulyanov, Isabella Bird, and Constantin Meunier. After him are Ludvig Nobel, Nikolai Ge, Paul Durand-Ruel, Anna Leonowens, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Othniel Charles Marsh. Among people deceased in 1896, Maurice de Hirsch ranks 26. Before him are John Langdon Down, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Ichiyō Higuchi, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Frederic Leighton. After him are Ante Starčević, Heinrich von Treitschke, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Ernst Engel, Luigi Federico Menabrea, and Luis Ricardo Falero.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maurice de Hirsch ranks 1,711 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Achenbach (1815), Gisela of Swabia (990), Hans Berger (1873), Christian Thielemann (1959), Uri Avnery (1923), and Albrecht Penck (1858). After him are Michael Stifel (1487), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Berthold (1180), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), and Egon Bahr (1922).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Maurice de Hirsch ranks 21. Before him are Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), Melitta Bentz (1873), Karl Albrecht (1920), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), and Axel Springer (1912). After him are Carl Laemmle (1867), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Friedrich Krupp (1787), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), and John Jacob Astor (1763).

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