1918 - 1992
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 6,078,513 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sam Walton is the 99th most popular businessperson (up from 103rd in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,195th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Businessperson.
Sam Walton was most famous for founding Wal-Mart, which is the largest retailer in the world.
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Among businesspeople, Sam Walton ranks 99 out of 601. Before him are Madam C. J. Walker, John McAfee, Bertha Benz, Michele Ferrero, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and Ivana Trump. After him are Louis Chevrolet, Eusebi Güell, Gianni Infantino, William Boeing, Lee Iacocca, and Christophe Plantin.
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 93
1945 - 2021
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 94
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 95
1925 - 2015
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 96
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 97
1949 - 2022
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 98
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 99
1878 - 1941
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 100
1846 - 1918
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 101
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 102
1881 - 1956
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 103
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 104
1520 - 1589
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 105
Among people born in 1918, Sam Walton ranks 47. Before him are Günther Rall, Jens Christian Skou, Ahmed Deedat, Patricio Aylwin, Yasuhiro Nakasone, and Robert Aldrich. After him are Hans Scholl, Paul D. Boyer, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Julian Schwinger, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, and Arthur Kornberg. Among people deceased in 1992, Sam Walton ranks 36. Before him are Paolo Borsellino, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Günther Anders, H. L. A. Hart, Kaysone Phomvihane, and David Bohm. After him are Denny Hulme, César Manrique, Albert Pierrepoint, Peter D. Mitchell, Joan Fuster, and John Sturges.
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 41
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 42
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 44
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 45
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 46
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 47
1918 - 1943
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 48
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 50
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 51
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 52
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 53
1940 - 1992
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 30
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 31
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 32
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 33
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 34
1992 - 1992
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 35
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 36
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 37
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 38
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 39
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 40
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 41
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 42
Among people born in United States, Sam Walton ranks 1,138 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Crane (1871), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Dred Scott (1795), Marcheline Bertrand (1950), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), and Donna Leon (1942). After him are Martha Washington (1731), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Jackie Robinson (1919), Arthur Ashe (1943), James Cagney (1899), and Paul D. Boyer (1918).
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,132
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,133
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,134
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,135
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,136
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,137
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,138
1731 - 1802
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,139
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,140
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,141
1943 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,142
1899 - 1986
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,143
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,144
Among businesspeople born in United States, Sam Walton ranks 32. Before him are Kris Jenner (1955), Estée Lauder (1906), Paul Allen (1953), Larry Flynt (1942), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), and Madam C. J. Walker (1867). After him are William Boeing (1881), Lee Iacocca (1924), Fred Trump (1905), Mike Markkula (1942), William Randolph Hearst (1863), and John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874).
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 26
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 27
1953 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 28
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 29
1865 - 1912
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 30
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 31
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 32
1881 - 1956
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 33
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 34
1905 - 1999
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 35
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 36
1863 - 1951
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 37
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 38