1861 - 1947
William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company. Durant, along with Frederic L. Smith, co-founded General Motors, as well as Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William C. Durant has received more than 1,164,852 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William C. Durant is the 150th most popular businessperson (up from 217th in 2019), the 1,669th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,702nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, William C. Durant ranks 150 out of 601. Before him are Larry Silverstein, Jawed Karim, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Shibusawa Eiichi, Christina Onassis, and Melitta Bentz. After him are Al-Waleed bin Talal, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, John Sculley, Massimo Moratti, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and Vincenzo Lancia.
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 144
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 145
1886 - 1957
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 146
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 147
1950 - 1988
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 148
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 149
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 150
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 151
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 152
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 153
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 154
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 155
1881 - 1937
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 156
Among people born in 1861, William C. Durant ranks 38. Before him are Nettie Stevens, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Pierre Duhem, Nikolay Zelinsky, Luigi Facta, and Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal. After him are M. Visvesvaraya, John William Godward, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Michel Verne, Walter Simons, and Motilal Nehru. Among people deceased in 1947, William C. Durant ranks 57. Before him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Franz Ritter von Epp, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Victor Serge, Slavko Kvaternik, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz. After him are Franz Seldte, Gusztáv Jány, Franz Xaver Schwarz, W. I. Thomas, Alice Keppel, and Alfredo Casella.
1861 - 1912
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 32
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 33
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 34
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 35
1861 - 1930
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 36
1861 - 1942
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 37
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 38
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 39
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 40
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 41
1861 - 1925
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 42
1861 - 1937
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 43
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 44
1865 - 1947
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 51
1868 - 1947
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 52
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 53
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 54
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 55
1887 - 1947
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 56
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 57
1882 - 1947
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 59
1875 - 1947
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 60
1863 - 1947
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 61
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 62
1883 - 1947
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 63
Among people born in United States, William C. Durant ranks 1,669 out of 18,182. Before him are Don DeLillo (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Alan Kay (1940), Frank Stella (1936), Lee Remick (1935), and Ornette Coleman (1930). After him are Temple Grandin (1947), Matthew Perry (1969), Jennifer Grey (1960), Sonny Bono (1935), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), and Gary Busey (1944).
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,663
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,664
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,665
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,666
1935 - 1991
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,667
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,668
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,669
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,670
1969 - 2023
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 1,671
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 1,672
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,673
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,674
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,675
Among businesspeople born in United States, William C. Durant ranks 55. Before him are Roy O. Disney (1893), Johns Hopkins (1795), Martha Stewart (1941), Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), and Christina Onassis (1950). After him are John Sculley (1939), Eric Schmidt (1955), Melinda Gates (1964), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Phil Knight (1938), and Malcolm Glazer (1928).
1893 - 1971
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 49
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 52
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 53
1950 - 1988
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 54
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 55
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 56
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 58
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 59
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 60
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 61