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Thomas Cook

1808 - 1892

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Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) was an English businessman. He was best known for founding the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Cook has received more than 1,547,935 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Thomas Cook is the 63rd most popular businessperson (down from 47th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 387th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Businessperson.

Thomas Cook is a British travel agency that was founded in 1841 by Thomas Cook. They offer package holidays, airline tickets, and rail tickets.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Thomas Cook ranks 63 out of 847. Before him are Robert Bosch, Martin Cooper, Sergei Diaghilev, Roman Abramovich, Ronald Wayne, and Aga Khan IV. After him are Robert Kardashian, Helena Rubinstein, Kiichiro Toyoda, Sung Jae-gi, Lee Byung-chul, and Calouste Gulbenkian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Thomas Cook ranks 12. Before him are Frederick VII of Denmark, Patrice de MacMahon, Emir Abdelkader, Jefferson Davis, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, and Gérard de Nerval. After him are Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, Maria Malibran, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Carl Spitzweg, and Solomon Northup. Among people deceased in 1892, Thomas Cook ranks 9. Before him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Bahá'u'lláh, Ernest Renan, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Richard Owen, and Édouard Lalo. After him are Rudolf von Jhering, John Couch Adams, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Louis Vuitton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cook ranks 415 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Moseley (1887), Bob Hoskins (1942), Anne Hathaway (1556), John Wesley (1703), Donald Winnicott (1896), and Robert Plant (1948). After him are Anne Neville (1456), Bobby Moore (1941), Christopher Wren (1632), William Godwin (1756), Enid Blyton (1897), and Samuel Butler (1835).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cook ranks 3. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), and Andrew Carnegie (1835). After him are Bernie Ecclestone (1930), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Richard Branson (1950), Stanley Rous (1895), Brian Epstein (1934), John McAfee (1945), Thomas Lipton (1848), Ron Dennis (1947), and Frank Williams (1942).

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