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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 the Barnum & Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, though he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." According to his critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. T. Barnum has received more than 17,953,923 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). P. T. Barnum is the 27th most popular businessperson (up from 31st in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from United States (up from 358th in 2019) and the 11th 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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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, P. T. Barnum ranks 27 out of 601. Before him are Florentino Pérez, Carlos Slim, Ludwig Erhard, Amancio Ortega, Muhammad Yunus, and Ray Kroc. After him are Adolf Dassler, Jules Rimet, Andrew Carnegie, Steve Ballmer, Hugh Hefner, and J. P. Morgan.

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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, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Princess Marianne of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1891, P. T. Barnum ranks 8. Before him are Georges Seurat, Nikolaus Otto, Helena Blavatsky, Herman Melville, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and Georges-Eugène Haussmann. After him are Pedro II of Brazil, Léo Delibes, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Theo van Gogh, and Leopold Kronecker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, P. T. Barnum ranks 275 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Rachel Carson (1907), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Robert Fulton (1765), Jesse James (1847), and Irvin D. Yalom (1931). After him are Joe Pesci (1943), Andrew Johnson (1808), George Marshall (1880), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Diane Keaton (1946), and Gene Hackman (1930).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, P. T. Barnum ranks 11. Before him are Jeff Bezos (1964), Vince McMahon (1945), David Rockefeller (1915), Tim Cook (1960), Colonel Sanders (1890), and Ray Kroc (1902). After him are Steve Ballmer (1956), Hugh Hefner (1926), J. P. Morgan (1837), J. Paul Getty (1892), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), and Ronald Wayne (1934).

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