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Steve Fossett

1944 - 2007

Steve Fossett

James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Fossett has received more than 967,948 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Steve Fossett is the 183rd most popular businessperson (up from 188th in 2019), the 2,273rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,438th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

970k
Page Views (PV)
66.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
31
Languages Editions (L)
5.11
Effective Languages (L*)
3.33
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Steve Fossett ranks 183 out of 604. Before him are John Jacob Astor, George Gallup, Peter Sauber, Joe Weider, King C. Gillette, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. After him are Josep Lluís Núñez, Andrew Grove, Lakshmi Mittal, Aurelio Peccei, Malcolm Glazer, and Vincenzo Lancia.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

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John Jacob Astor
1763 - 1848
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 177
George Gallup
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 178
Peter Sauber
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 179
Joe Weider
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 180
King C. Gillette
1855 - 1932
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 181
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
1913 - 2012
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 182
Steve Fossett
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 183
Josep Lluís Núñez
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 184
Andrew Grove
1936 - 2016
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 185
Lakshmi Mittal
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 186
Aurelio Peccei
1908 - 1984
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 187
Malcolm Glazer
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 188
Vincenzo Lancia
1881 - 1937
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 189

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Steve Fossett ranks 144. Before him are Chico Mendes, Michel Polnareff, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Peter Mayhew, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Angela Winkler. After him are Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Agnes Baltsa, Stockard Channing, Sirhan Sirhan, and Salvador Sánchez Cerén. Among people deceased in 2007, Steve Fossett ranks 90. Before him are Kisho Kurokawa, Michael Jackson, Paul Cohen, Ian Stevenson, Delbert Mann, and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven. After him are Nobuo Matsunaga, Luigi Comencini, Denny Doherty, Lee Hazlewood, Vilma Espín, and Gianfranco Ferré.

Others Born in 1944

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Chico Mendes
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
Michel Polnareff
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
Marie-Christine Barrault
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 142
Angela Winkler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 143
Steve Fossett
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 144
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 145
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 146
Agnes Baltsa
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 147
Stockard Channing
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 148
Sirhan Sirhan
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 149
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 150