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Vidal Sassoon

1928 - 2012

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Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist and businessman. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the five-point cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Mary Quant and film stars such as Mia Farrow, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz, Nastassja Kinski and Helen Mirren. His early life was one of extreme poverty, with seven years of his childhood spent in an orphanage. He quit school at age 14, soon holding various jobs in London during World War II. Although he hoped to become a professional football player, he became an apprentice hairdresser at the suggestion of his mother. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vidal Sassoon is the 241st most popular businessperson (down from 204th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,391st in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Vidal Sassoon ranks 241 out of 847. Before him are Rinat Akhmetov, Yves Rocher, Ramón Calderón, Lawrence Roberts, Josep Lluís Núñez, and Andrew Grove. After him are Malcolm Glazer, Karl Baedeker, Johns Hopkins, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Lee Shau-kee, and Steve Fossett.

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Among people born in 1928, Vidal Sassoon ranks 154. Before him are Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jo Schlesser, Ali Kafi, Petr Ginz, Mihály Lantos, and Otto F. Kernberg. After him are Malcolm Glazer, Walter Tevis, Nick Holonyak, Ralph Waite, William Klein, and Martin Davis. Among people deceased in 2012, Vidal Sassoon ranks 119. Before him are Paddy Roy Bates, Wilhelm Brasse, Charles Durning, Gitta Sereny, Alexis Weissenberg, and Dawoud Rajiha. After him are Pahiño, Lars Hörmander, Lina Romay, Félix Miélli Venerando, Neslişah Sultan, and Edoardo Mangiarotti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vidal Sassoon ranks 1,757 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Ventris (1922), Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), P. F. Strawson (1919), and John Edensor Littlewood (1885). After him are Jeffrey Archer (1940), Roger Fenton (1819), James Bruce (1730), Donald Crisp (1882), George Peacock (1791), and John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Vidal Sassoon ranks 15. Before him are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Brian Epstein (1934), Thomas Cook (1808), John McAfee (1945), Thomas Lipton (1848), and Henry Cole (1808). After him are David Icke (1952), Edward Cave (1691), George Williams (1821), Isabella Beeton (1836), Edward Colston (1636), and Alfred Edwards (1850).

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