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William Knox D'Arcy

1849 - 1917

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William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 1849 – 1 May 1917) was a British-Australian businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Knox D'Arcy has received more than 308,011 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Knox D'Arcy is the 406th most popular businessperson (down from 399th in 2019), the 2,686th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,861st in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

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  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 406 out of 847. Before him are Katharine Graham, Tatsumi Kimishima, Li Ning, Robert Monroe, Paul Rusesabagina, and Ken Aston. After him are Edward Colston, Lawrence Stroll, Roy Raymond, Ron Woodroof, David Sarnoff, and Steve Chen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 71. Before him are Charles F. Brush, Ferdinand Brunetière, Emma Lazarus, Giovanni Passannante, Carl Fredrik Hill, and Józef Chełmoński. After him are Hugo von Seeliger, Oscar Hertwig, Christian Rohlfs, Jacob Riis, Pedro Montt, and Richard Lydekker. Among people deceased in 1917, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 73. Before him are Titu Maiorescu, Werner Voss, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Federico Zandomeneghi, and Judith Gautier. After him are Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Frank Muller, Ivan Aguéli, Gaston Alibert, Bob Fitzsimmons, and Aurel Popovici.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 2,686 out of 8,785. Before him are James Guillaume (1844), Ken Aston (1915), Rachel Ward (1957), Johnny Haynes (1934), Iain Banks (1954), and Biff Byford (1951). After him are Venetia Burney (1918), Arthur Brown (1942), John Florio (1553), Glen Matlock (1956), Jack Taylor (1930), and Israel Zangwill (1864).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 24. Before him are Alfred Edwards (1850), B. C. Forbes (1880), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Mark Thatcher (1953), Henry Cole (1808), and Ken Aston (1915). After him are Edward Colston (1636), Jim Marshall (1923), Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Angus Ogilvy (1928), Fred Karno (1866), and Neil Aspinall (1941).

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