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Stavros Niarchos

1909 - 1996

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Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (Greek: Σταύρος Σπύρου Νιάρχος, pronounced [ˈstavros ˈspiru 'ɲarxos]; 3 July 1909 – 15 April 1996) was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stavros Niarchos has received more than 1,853,162 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Stavros Niarchos is the 200th most popular businessperson (up from 221st in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Greece (up from 389th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Businessperson.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Stavros Niarchos ranks 200 out of 847. Before him are Henry J. Heinz, Carl Laemmle, Charles Simonyi, Morris Chang, Jamsetji Tata, and Dieter Schwarz. After him are Friedrich Krupp, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Terry Gou, Vidal Sassoon, Hans Wilsdorf, and George Gallup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stavros Niarchos ranks 79. Before him are Teiichi Matsumaru, Franz Bardon, C. Northcote Parkinson, Gottfried von Cramm, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Ben Webster. After him are William M. Branham, Homi J. Bhabha, Albert R. Broccoli, Willi Boskovsky, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Malcolm Lowry. Among people deceased in 1996, Stavros Niarchos ranks 79. Before him are Michel Debré, Pavel Sudoplatov, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Mary Leakey, Karl Rappan, and Muhammad al-Badr. After him are Albert R. Broccoli, Zeki Müren, Karl Frenzel, Christopher Robin Milne, Saul Bass, and Dondinho.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Stavros Niarchos ranks 375 out of 1,024. Before him are Dinarchus (-361), Leon of Sparta (-700), Afet İnan (1908), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), and Ptolemy of Aloros (-450). After him are Meleager (-320), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Cleombrotus (-600), Markos Botsaris (1790), and Theophylact of Ohrid (1055).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

Among businesspeople born in Greece, Stavros Niarchos ranks 2. Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874). After him are George Averoff (1815), Sam Panopoulos (1934), and Arianna Huffington (1950).

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