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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 661,166 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Ripley is the 503rd most popular businessperson (down from 430th in 2019), the 7,416th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,922nd in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 660k

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  • 45.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Robert Ripley ranks 503 out of 601. Before him are Adam Silver, Clyde Cessna, Marc Faber, Earl Tupper, Fred Karno, and David Richards. After him are Alexei Mordashov, Amy Pascal, Susan Kare, George Steinbrenner, Henry Flagler, and Christopher O'Neill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Robert Ripley ranks 182. Before him are Stratis Myrivilis, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Rainer von Fieandt, Gopinath Bordoloi, Lauritz Melchior, and Klabund. After him are Åge Lundström, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Eddie Rickenbacker, Per Nilsson, John Rupert Firth, and Edward Arnold. Among people deceased in 1949, Robert Ripley ranks 146. Before him are Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Fedor Ozep, Bill Robinson, František Halas, Karel Petrů, and Henry Petersen. After him are J. Searle Dawley, Leon Schlesinger, Karolina Widerström, Herbert Stothart, François Brandt, and Paul Chocque.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ripley ranks 7,416 out of 18,182. Before him are Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), John Logan (1961), Richard Rush (1929), Larry Lieber (1931), Wally Funk (1939), and Albert Salmi (1928). After him are Michael Franks (1944), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Johnny Burnette (1934), Desmond Harrington (1976), and Jeff Sessions (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Robert Ripley ranks 176. Before him are Marcus Loew (1870), Ben Bradlee (1921), Jared Kushner (1981), Adam Silver (1962), Clyde Cessna (1879), and Earl Tupper (1907). After him are Amy Pascal (1958), Susan Kare (1954), George Steinbrenner (1930), Henry Flagler (1830), Richard Hilton (1955), and Shane McMahon (1970).

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