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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 397,818 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Beach is the 380th most popular businessperson (down from 311th in 2019), the 4,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,421st in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 400k

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  • 49.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sylvia Beach ranks 380 out of 601. Before her are Wang Jianlin, Dieter Zetsche, Henry Luce, John Elkann, Tatsumi Kimishima, and Akio Toyoda. After her are John Templeton, Charles Yerkes, Salt Bae, Li Ning, Chris Hughes, and Jamie Hyneman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Sylvia Beach ranks 164. Before her are Julius Pokorny, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Aldo Leopold, Pierre Jean Jouve, Johann Radon, and Leevi Madetoja. After her are Louis Leon Thurstone, Maria Jeritza, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Paul W. Merrill, and Alan Cunningham. Among people deceased in 1962, Sylvia Beach ranks 110. Before her are Franz Kaiser, Abdullah Goran, Ernst Grünfeld, Hermann Muhs, Charles Rigoulot, and Max Švabinský. After her are Luigi Carnera, Ossip Bernstein, Gary Hocking, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, A. K. Fazlul Huq, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Beach ranks 4,859 out of 18,182. Before her are Tammi Terrell (1945), Vanessa del Rio (1952), Gregory Hoblit (1944), Jimmy Reed (1925), Fred Kelly (1891), and Frederick Lorz (1884). After her are Ann Wilson (1950), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), LL Cool J (1968), Donald Keene (1922), Paul Sweezy (1910), and Linda Thompson (1950).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sylvia Beach ranks 118. Before her are Dana White (1969), Linda McMahon (1948), Howard Schultz (1953), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), Roy Raymond (1947), and John Elkann (1976). After her are John Templeton (1912), Charles Yerkes (1837), Chris Hughes (1983), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Brendan Eich (1961), and Gene Haas (1952).

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