Businessperson

Oskar Schindler

German industrialist and Righteous Among the Nations

1908 - 1974

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Oskar Schindler

His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2024). Oskar Schindler is the 7th most popular businessperson (down from 5th in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Businessperson.

Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.

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Oskar Schindler ranks #7 of 1,001 Businesspeople worldwide, placing them among the top 1% of the profession.

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Oskar Schindler's biography appears in 73 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 98% of all Businesspeople.

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Among Businesspeople

Among businesspeople, Oskar Schindler ranks 7 out of 1,001. Before him are Ivana Trump, Howard Hughes, Cecil Rhodes, Pierre de Coubertin, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett. After him are George Soros, John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, Bernie Madoff, and Vince McMahon.

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Ivana Trump
1949 - 2022
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 1
Howard Hughes
1905 - 1976
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 2
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1853 - 1902
HPI: 82.74
Rank: 3
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 - 1937
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 4
Bill Gates
1955 - Present
HPI: 82.58
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Warren Buffett
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HPI: 81.98
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Oskar Schindler
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 7
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1930 - Present
HPI: 81.39
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1839 - 1937
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 9
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HPI: 81.13
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1936 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 11
Bernie Madoff
1938 - 2021
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 12
Vince McMahon
1945 - Present
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 13

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Oskar Schindler ranks 4. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, James Stewart, and Enver Hoxha. After him are Salvador Allende, Abraham Maslow, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Lyndon B. Johnson, Herbert von Karajan, Lev Landau, Otto Skorzeny, and Amon Göth. Among people deceased in 1974, Oskar Schindler ranks 2. Before him is Charles Lindbergh. After him are Georgy Zhukov, Georges Pompidou, Amin al-Husseini, Juan Perón, Ayub Khan, Patrick Blackett, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

Others Born in 1908

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Simone de Beauvoir
WRITER
1908 - 1986
HPI: 84.63
Rank: 1
James Stewart
ACTOR
1908 - 1997
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 2
Enver Hoxha
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1985
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 3
Oskar Schindler
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 4
Salvador Allende
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1973
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 5
Abraham Maslow
PSYCHOLOGIST
1908 - 1970
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 6
Claude Lévi-Strauss
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1908 - 2009
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 7
Lyndon B. Johnson
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1973
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 8
Herbert von Karajan
CONDUCTOR
1908 - 1989
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 9
Lev Landau
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1968
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 10
Otto Skorzeny
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1908 - 1975
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 11
Amon Göth
EXTREMIST
1908 - 1946
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1974

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Charles Lindbergh
PILOT
1902 - 1974
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 1
Oskar Schindler
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 2
Georgy Zhukov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1974
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 3
Georges Pompidou
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1974
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 4
Amin al-Husseini
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1974
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 5
Juan Perón
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1974
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 6
Ayub Khan
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1974
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 7
Patrick Blackett
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1974
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 8
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1974
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
James Chadwick
PHYSICIST
1891 - 1974
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 10
Pär Lagerkvist
WRITER
1891 - 1974
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 11
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
CHEMIST
1915 - 1974
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 12

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Oskar Schindler ranks 12 out of 1,455. Before him are Antonín Dvořák (1841), Jan Hus (1369), John Amos Comenius (1592), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), and Milan Kundera (1929). After him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), and Bertha von Suttner (1843).

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Antonín Dvořák
COMPOSER
1841 - 1904
HPI: 85.64
Rank: 6
Jan Hus
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1369 - 1415
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 7
John Amos Comenius
PHILOSOPHER
1592 - 1670
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 8
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1316 - 1378
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 9
Bedřich Smetana
COMPOSER
1824 - 1884
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 10
Milan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 11
Oskar Schindler
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 12
Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 13
Václav Havel
WRITER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 14
Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 15
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 16
Jan Žižka
MILITARY PERSONNEL
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HPI: 80.33
Rank: 17
Bertha von Suttner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 18