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Roy O. Disney

1893 - 1971

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Roy Oliver Disney ( DIZ-nee; June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) was an American businessman who co-founded The Walt Disney Company with his younger brother Walt Disney. He also served as the company's first CEO and was the father of Roy E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy O. Disney has received more than 4,332,828 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Roy O. Disney is the 104th most popular businessperson (up from 134th in 2019), the 1,168th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,478th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy O. Disney ranks 104 out of 847. Before him are Michele Ferrero, Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Louis Chevrolet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Christophe Plantin. After him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ethan Allen, Fred Trump, Joan Laporta, Carlos Ghosn, and Christina Onassis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Roy O. Disney ranks 49. Before him are Lillian Gish, Ana Pauker, Lucien Tesnière, Jomo Kenyatta, Clemens Krauss, and Emmy Göring. After him are Allen Dulles, Ernst Toller, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Battista Farina, and Erwin Piscator. Among people deceased in 1971, Roy O. Disney ranks 30. Before him are D. B. Cooper, Igor Tamm, Lothar Rendulic, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Rudolf Abel, and Jacobo Árbenz. After him are Marcel Dupré, Pier Angeli, Violet Jessop, Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, and Bernardo Houssay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 1,168 out of 20,380. Before him are Shia LaBeouf (1986), Tom Morello (1964), C. Wright Mills (1916), Dennis Rodman (1961), Jerry West (1938), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896). After him are Susan Wojcicki (1968), Jackie Robinson (1919), Noah Gordon (1926), Liliʻuokalani (1838), Clyde Drexler (1962), and Alonzo Church (1903).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 34. Before him are Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Estée Lauder (1906), Paul Allen (1953), Gordon Moore (1929), Charlie Munger (1924), and Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794). After him are Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Ethan Allen (1738), Fred Trump (1905), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), and William Boeing (1881).

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