1934 - 2017
Sotirios "Sam" Panopoulos (Greek: Σωτήριος Πανόπουλος; 20 August 1934 – 8 June 2017) was a Greek-born Canadian cook and businessman, credited as the inventor of Hawaiian pizza. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Panopoulos has received more than 229,976 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sam Panopoulos is the 488th most popular businessperson (down from 418th in 2019), the 712th most popular biography from Greece (down from 672nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Sam Panopoulos ranks 488 out of 601. Before him are Jacqueline Mars, Harvey S. Firestone, Mark Shuttleworth, Manolo el del bombo, Kaz Hirai, and Gilbert Kaplan. After him are David Filo, Marcus Loew, Vijay Mallya, Ben Bradlee, Jared Kushner, and Yuri Milner.
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 482
1868 - 1938
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 483
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 485
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 486
1941 - 2016
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 487
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 488
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 489
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 490
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 491
1921 - 2014
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 492
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 493
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 494
Among people born in 1934, Sam Panopoulos ranks 347. Before him are Chuck McCann, Gulzar, Ole Madsen, Gilbert Strang, Phạm Minh Mẫn, and Junior Wells. After him are Jaegwon Kim, Peter Maxwell Davies, Eddy Pieters Graafland, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Joseph Bologna, and Joyce Van Patten. Among people deceased in 2017, Sam Panopoulos ranks 350. Before him are Vinod Khanna, Geoff Nicholls, Patrick Nève, Vladimir Shainsky, Santiago Vernazza, and Vladimir Makanin. After him are Pancho Segura, Betty Cuthbert, Joseph Bologna, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Aleksei Petrenko, and Michael Ogio.
1934 - 2018
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 341
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 342
1934 - 2006
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 343
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 344
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 345
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 346
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 347
1934 - 2019
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 348
1934 - 2016
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 349
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 350
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 351
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 352
1934 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 353
1946 - 2017
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 344
1948 - 2017
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 345
1949 - 2017
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 346
1925 - 2017
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 347
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 348
1937 - 2017
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 349
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 350
1921 - 2017
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 351
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 352
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 353
1930 - 2017
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 354
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 355
1942 - 2017
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 356
Among people born in Greece, Sam Panopoulos ranks 712 out of 936. Before him are Georgios Theotokis (1844), Gennaios Kolokotronis (1806), Stefanos Dragoumis (1842), Glykeria (1953), Mimis Domazos (1942), and Alexandros Diomidis (1875). After him are Kiki Dimoula (1931), Antonios Pepanos (1866), Ioannis Malokinis (1880), Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1822), Stratis Myrivilis (1890), and John Zizioulas (1931).
1844 - 1916
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 706
1806 - 1868
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 707
1842 - 1923
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 708
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 709
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 710
1875 - 1950
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 711
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 712
1931 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 713
1866 - 1918
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 714
1880 - 1942
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 715
1822 - 1880
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 716
1890 - 1969
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 717
1931 - 2023
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 718
Among businesspeople born in Greece, Sam Panopoulos ranks 5. Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874), Stavros Niarchos (1909), George Averoff (1815), and Arianna Huffington (1950).
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1
1909 - 1996
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 2
1815 - 1899
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 4
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 5