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Roy O. Disney

1893 - 1971

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Roy Oliver Disney (; 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 4,092,799 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Roy O. Disney is the 134th most popular businessperson (down from 126th in 2019), the 1,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,475th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 35

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  • 3.69

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  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy O. Disney ranks 134 out of 601Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, John DeLorean, Ethan Allen, Roger Ailes, Henry Ford II, and Ron Dennis. After him are Johns Hopkins, François Pinault, Armand Peugeot, Iwasaki Yatarō, Ren Zhengfei, and Martha Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Roy O. Disney ranks 55Before him are Walter Christaller, Walter Baade, Erwin Piscator, Raymond Loewy, Allen Dulles, and Clemens Krauss. After him are Wallace Fard Muhammad, Nicholas J. Spykman, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Battista Farina, Hans Scharoun, and Ernst Öpik. Among people deceased in 1971, Roy O. Disney ranks 39Before him are Johannes Frießner, Max Steiner, W. O. Bentley, Bernardo Houssay, Mathilde Kschessinska, and Edie Sedgwick. After him are Raoul Hausmann, Heinz Lammerding, Marcel Dupré, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Gene Vincent, and Jo Siffert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 1,478 out of 18,182Before him are Stanley Tucci (1960), William Morris Davis (1850), Josh Brolin (1968), Edward Snowden (1983), Alan Ladd (1913), and Richard Schiff (1955). After him are Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Joseph Losey (1909), Nelson Goodman (1906), Dean Koontz (1945), Cybill Shepherd (1950), and Martin Balsam (1919).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 49Before him are Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), John DeLorean (1925), Ethan Allen (1738), Roger Ailes (1940), and Henry Ford II (1917). After him are Johns Hopkins (1795), Martha Stewart (1941), Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), Christina Onassis (1950), and William C. Durant (1861).