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Robert Ripley

1890 - 1949

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LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world. Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little-known facts about unusual and exotic sites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ripley has received more than 709,287 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ripley is the 601st most popular businessperson (down from 503rd in 2019), the 8,978th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,401st in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 710k

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  • 44.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Robert Ripley ranks 601 out of 847. Before him are Meng Wanzhou, Alan Eustace, Marc Randolph, Andrey Melnichenko, Steve Wynn, and Christian von Koenigsegg. After him are Isabel dos Santos, John C. Malone, Erick Thohir, Richard DeVos, Daniel Levy, and Mark R. Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Ripley ranks 223. Before him are Edward Arnold, Caesar ten Cate, Per Nilsson, Béla Las-Torres, Albert Zürner, and August Alle. After him are Angelo Zorzi, Bess Meredyth, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Néstor Guillén, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Harald Julin. Among people deceased in 1949, Robert Ripley ranks 164. Before him are Nils Östensson, Birbal Sahni, Leon Schlesinger, J. Searle Dawley, William Henry Dean, and Karolina Widerström. After him are Léon Frapié, Gheorghe Mironescu, Otakar Vindyš, Flora Drummond, Georges Trombert, and Herbert Stothart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ripley ranks 8,978 out of 20,380. Before him are Nicky Jam (1981), Daniel Goldin (1940), Big Walter Horton (1921), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), Anthony Wayne (1745), and Bruce Abbott (1954). After him are Jon Tenney (1961), Christopher Connelly (1941), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Rogers Hornsby (1896), Claire McDowell (1877), and Clarence White (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Robert Ripley ranks 203. Before him are Carly Fiorina (1954), Jerry Jones (1942), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Alan Eustace (1957), Marc Randolph (1958), and Steve Wynn (1942). After him are John C. Malone (1941), Richard DeVos (1926), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Jerry Sanders (1936), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), and Lamar Hunt (1932).

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