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Sam Walton

1918 - 1992

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Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American business magnate best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas, and Midwest City, Oklahoma, in 1962 and 1983 respectively. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew to be the world's largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private employer in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Walton has received more than 6,489,204 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Sam Walton is the 128th most popular businessperson (down from 99th in 2019), the 1,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,138th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Businessperson.

Sam Walton was most famous for founding Wal-Mart, which is the largest retailer in the world.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sam Walton ranks 128 out of 847. Before him are Uli Hoeneß, François Pinault, James Mayer de Rothschild, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Colonel Tom Parker, and Ren Zhengfei. After him are John McAfee, Piero Ferrari, Thomas Lipton, Margaret Hamilton, Armand Peugeot, and Larry Flynt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Sam Walton ranks 62. Before him are Rosemary Kennedy, Anna Mani, François Tombalbaye, E. Howard Hunt, Lila Kedrova, and Derek Barton. After him are Henryk Szeryng, W. Eugene Smith, Gabriel Axel, Kakuei Tanaka, Edwin G. Krebs, and Takashi Kasahara. Among people deceased in 1992, Sam Walton ranks 40. Before him are Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Lev Gumilyov, César Manrique, Denny Hulme, Samuel Reshevsky, and H. L. A. Hart. After him are Mohamed Boudiaf, Jean-Claude Pascal, Albert Pierrepoint, Denholm Elliott, Lella Lombardi, and Abbas al-Musawi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Walton ranks 1,437 out of 20,380. Before him are Beck (1970), Daniel Dennett (1942), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Ron Howard (1954), Harold Perrineau (1963), and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960). After him are Bernard Herrmann (1911), Robert Whittaker (1920), Peter Eisenman (1932), Rene Russo (1954), Andre Agassi (1970), and Annie Jump Cannon (1863).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sam Walton ranks 42. Before him are Ethan Allen (1738), Fred Trump (1905), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), William Boeing (1881), and Madam C. J. Walker (1867). After him are Margaret Hamilton (1936), Larry Flynt (1942), Phil Knight (1938), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), and Lee Iacocca (1924).

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