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Sylvia Beach

1887 - 1962

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Sylvia Beach (14 March 1887 – 5 October 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris, where she was one of the leading expatriate figures between World War I and II. She is known for her Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, where she published James Joyce's book Ulysses (1922), and encouraged the publication of and sold copies of Hemingway's first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvia Beach has received more than 431,226 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sylvia Beach is the 417th most popular businessperson (down from 380th in 2019), the 5,011th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,847th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 50.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sylvia Beach ranks 417 out of 847. Before her are David Sarnoff, Steve Chen, Charles Yerkes, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Victor Pinchuk, and Andrea Agnelli. After her are John Templeton, John Elkann, Jim Walton, Jim Marshall, Maurice Farman, and Vincent J. McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Sylvia Beach ranks 176. Before her are Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Joseph Orbeli, Rupert Brooke, Louise Arner Boyd, and Marianne Moore. After her are Leevi Madetoja, Pierre Jean Jouve, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Albert Gutterson, Konstantin Kalinin, and Yuri Shaporin. Among people deceased in 1962, Sylvia Beach ranks 118. Before her are Kunio Yanagita, Josef Uridil, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Gary Hocking, Rudolf von Bünau, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After her are Vadym Meller, Hans Felber, Joe Profaci, Sao Shwe Thaik, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Ernst Grünfeld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Beach ranks 5,011 out of 20,380. Before her are Margaret Weis (1948), James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Martin Brest (1951), and Len Bias (1963). After her are William Smith (1933), Lenny Wilkens (1937), Bradley Whitford (1959), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Boz Scaggs (1944), and Yvette Mimieux (1942).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sylvia Beach ranks 126. Before her are Katharine Graham (1917), Robert Monroe (1915), Roy Raymond (1947), Ron Woodroof (1950), Charles Yerkes (1837), and Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947). After her are John Templeton (1912), John Elkann (1976), Jim Walton (1948), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Eli Lilly (1838), and Suge Knight (1965).

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