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Roy Raymond

1947 - 1993

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Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Raymond has received more than 2,456,343 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Raymond is the 409th most popular businessperson (down from 373rd in 2019), the 4,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,766th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roy Raymonds by language

Over the past year Roy Raymond has had the most page views in the with 223,340 views, followed by Russian (23,704), and Spanish (20,588). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Asturian (41.74%), Arabic (11.98%), and Simple English (7.83%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy Raymond ranks 409 out of 847. Before him are Robert Monroe, Paul Rusesabagina, Ken Aston, William Knox D'Arcy, Edward Colston, and Lawrence Stroll. After him are Ron Woodroof, David Sarnoff, Steve Chen, Charles Yerkes, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and Victor Pinchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Roy Raymond ranks 372. Before him are Akira Terao, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Linda Thorson, Vladimir Petrov, Michael S. Hart, and Gøsta Esping-Andersen. After him are Bill Richardson, Samuel Schmid, Svetlana Toma, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Peer Steinbrück, and Alan Thicke. Among people deceased in 1993, Roy Raymond ranks 152. Before him are Hédi Amara Nouira, Oliver Tambo, Guido del Mestri, Alexandre Trauner, John Frost, and Sam Wanamaker. After him are Paul Mebus, Eleanor Hibbert, Reuben Fine, Gordon Douglas, Albert Collins, and Bob Kiesel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Raymond ranks 4,892 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Eugene Garfield (1925), Michelle Williams (1980), Hal B. Wallis (1898), and Carole Landis (1919). After him are John Neumeier (1939), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Bill Richardson (1947), Eric Heiden (1958), Joseph Brant (1742), and Barbara Hutton (1912).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy Raymond ranks 122. Before him are Reed Hastings (1960), Armand Hammer (1898), Malcom McLean (1913), David Geffen (1943), Katharine Graham (1917), and Robert Monroe (1915). After him are Ron Woodroof (1950), Charles Yerkes (1837), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Sylvia Beach (1887), John Templeton (1912), and John Elkann (1976).

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