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Sam Panopoulos

1934 - 2017

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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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  • 230k

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  • 46.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sam Panopoulos ranks 488 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Sam Panopoulos ranks 347Before 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 350Before 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.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sam Panopoulos ranks 712 out of 936Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

Among businesspeople born in Greece, Sam Panopoulos ranks 5Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874), Stavros Niarchos (1909), George Averoff (1815), and Arianna Huffington (1950).