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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 1,705,892 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Stavros Niarchos is the 221st most popular businessperson (down from 190th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Greece (down from 387th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Stavros Niarchos ranks 221 out of 601Before him are Erin Brockovich, Shin Kyuk-ho, Maurice de Hirsch, Jamsetji Tata, Hetty Green, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp. After him are Aurelio Peccei, Carl Laemmle, Pavel Tretyakov, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Félicien Kabuga, and Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stavros Niarchos ranks 88Before him are Bernd Rosemeyer, Roberto Burle Marx, Kinuyo Tanaka, Juan Carlos Onetti, Ryszard Siwiec, and William M. Branham. After him are Shigeo Shingo, Edwin H. Land, Eduard Wirths, Atsushi Nakajima, Matti Järvinen, and Adolfo López Mateos. Among people deceased in 1996, Stavros Niarchos ranks 87Before him are Ben Johnson, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Max Manus, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Tito Okello, and Lo Wei. After him are Karl Frenzel, Amos Tversky, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Jonathan Larson, Dan Flavin, and David Packard.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Stavros Niarchos ranks 389 out of 936Before him are Zoilus (-400), Phaedon Gizikis (1917), Aristo of Chios (-300), Meleager (-320), Albert Cohen (1895), and Constantine Phaulkon (1647). After him are Apollodorus (-500), Aspasia Manos (1896), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), Antalcidas (-500), Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), and Cleombrotus (-600).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

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