BUSINESSPERSON
Richard Branson
1950 - Today
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate best known for co-founding the Virgin Group in 1970, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Branson has received more than 18,830,890 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Richard Branson is the 72nd most popular businessperson (down from 55th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 416th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Businessperson.
Richard Branson is most famous for founding Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Virgin Mobile.
Memorability Metrics
19M
Page Views (PV)
64.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
66
Languages Editions (L)
4.68
Effective Languages (L*)
5.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among BUSINESSPEOPLE
Among businesspeople, Richard Branson ranks 72 out of 847. Before him are Kiichiro Toyoda, Sung Jae-gi, Lee Byung-chul, Calouste Gulbenkian, Bernie Ecclestone, and J. Bruce Ismay. After him are Stan Kroenke, Stanley Rous, Jack Ma, Robert McNamara, Kris Jenner, and Louis Vuitton.
Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsKiichiro Toyoda
1894 - 1952
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 66
Sung Jae-gi
1967 - 2013
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 67
Lee Byung-chul
1910 - 1987
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 68
Calouste Gulbenkian
1869 - 1955
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 69
Bernie Ecclestone
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 70
J. Bruce Ismay
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 71
Richard Branson
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 72
Stan Kroenke
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 73
Stanley Rous
1895 - 1986
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 74
Jack Ma
1964 - Present
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 75
Robert McNamara
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 76
Kris Jenner
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 77
Louis Vuitton
1821 - 1892
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 78
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1950, Richard Branson ranks 24. Before him are Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Anne, Princess Royal, Gilles Villeneuve, Joe Hisaishi, Néstor Kirchner, and Mithun Chakraborty. After him are Zhang Yimou, Peter Gabriel, Ron Perlman, Richard Dean Anderson, Randy Quaid, and William Hurt.
Others Born in 1950
Go to all RankingsHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 18
Anne, Princess Royal
NOBLEMAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 19
Gilles Villeneuve
RACING DRIVER
1950 - 1982
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 20
Joe Hisaishi
MUSICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 21
Néstor Kirchner
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2010
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 22
Mithun Chakraborty
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 23
Richard Branson
BUSINESSPERSON
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 24
Zhang Yimou
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 25
Peter Gabriel
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 26
Ron Perlman
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 27
Richard Dean Anderson
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 28
Randy Quaid
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 29
William Hurt
ACTOR
1950 - 2022
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 30
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Branson ranks 497 out of 8,785. Before him are James Callaghan (1912), Thomas Carlyle (1795), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Henry Hudson (1570), Trevor Howard (1913), and James I of Scotland (1394). After him are James IV of Scotland (1473), John Couch Adams (1819), Patrick Stewart (1940), Ian McEwan (1948), William Stanley Jevons (1835), and Gordon Brown (1951).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsJames Callaghan
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2005
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 491
Thomas Carlyle
PHILOSOPHER
1795 - 1881
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 492
J. Bruce Ismay
BUSINESSPERSON
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 493
Henry Hudson
EXPLORER
1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 494
Trevor Howard
ACTOR
1913 - 1988
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 495
James I of Scotland
POLITICIAN
1394 - 1437
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 496
Richard Branson
BUSINESSPERSON
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 497
James IV of Scotland
POLITICIAN
1473 - 1513
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 498
John Couch Adams
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 499
Patrick Stewart
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 500
Ian McEwan
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 501
William Stanley Jevons
ECONOMIST
1835 - 1882
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 502
Gordon Brown
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 503
Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom
Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Richard Branson ranks 6. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), Andrew Carnegie (1835), Thomas Cook (1808), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), and J. Bruce Ismay (1862). After him are Stanley Rous (1895), Brian Epstein (1934), John McAfee (1945), Thomas Lipton (1848), Ron Dennis (1947), and Frank Williams (1942).
Cecil Rhodes
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 1
Andrew Carnegie
1835 - 1919
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 2
Thomas Cook
1808 - 1892
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 3
Bernie Ecclestone
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 4
J. Bruce Ismay
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 5
Richard Branson
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 6
Stanley Rous
1895 - 1986
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 7
Brian Epstein
1934 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 8
John McAfee
1945 - 2021
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 9
Thomas Lipton
1848 - 1931
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 10
Ron Dennis
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 11
Frank Williams
1942 - 2021
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 12