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P. T. Barnum

1810 - 1891

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Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. T. Barnum has received more than 19,639,246 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). P. T. Barnum is the 31st most popular businessperson (down from 28th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from United States (down from 275th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Businessperson.

P. T. Barnum is most famous for founding the circus that bears his name. He also founded the Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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  • 69.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, P. T. Barnum ranks 31 out of 847. Before him are Steve Ballmer, Amancio Ortega, Colonel Sanders, Muhammad Yunus, Adolf Dassler, and Carlos Slim. After him are Jules Rimet, Liliane Bettencourt, J. P. Morgan, Philip Kotler, João Havelange, and Guccio Gucci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, P. T. Barnum ranks 5. Before him are Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Pope Leo XIII, and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. After him are Theodor Schwann, Alfred de Musset, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Éliphas Lévi, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Ernst Kummer. Among people deceased in 1891, P. T. Barnum ranks 10. Before him are Helena Blavatsky, Herman Melville, Pedro II of Brazil, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, and Sofia Kovalevskaya. After him are Léo Delibes, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Theo van Gogh, Leopold Kronecker, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, and Albert Pike.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, P. T. Barnum ranks 297 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Jerry Brown (1938), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), B. F. Skinner (1904), Robert E. Lee (1807), and Ronnie James Dio (1942). After him are John Wayne Gacy (1942), John Bardeen (1908), Sandra Bullock (1964), Miles Davis (1926), Coen brothers (null), and Burt Lancaster (1913).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, P. T. Barnum ranks 13. Before him are Warren Buffett (1930), Tim Cook (1960), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), David Rockefeller (1915), Steve Ballmer (1956), and Colonel Sanders (1890). After him are J. P. Morgan (1837), Philip Kotler (1931), Hugh Hefner (1926), J. Paul Getty (1892), Bernie Madoff (1938), and Robert Kiyosaki (1947).

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