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William Randolph Hearst

1863 - 1951

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William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism in violation of ethics and standards influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human-interest stories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Randolph Hearst has received more than 8,683,504 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). William Randolph Hearst is the 116th most popular businessperson (down from 115th in 2019), the 1,304th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,220th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Businessperson.

William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who was most famous for his ownership of the Hearst Corporation. The company was founded by his father, George Hearst, and grew to own a variety of media outlets.

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  • 8.7M

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  • 60.91

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, William Randolph Hearst ranks 116 out of 847. Before him are Christina Onassis, Lakshmi Mittal, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Chung Ju-yung, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden. After him are Iwasaki Yatarō, César Ritz, William Boeing, Madam C. J. Walker, Ivana Trump, and Uli Hoeneß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, William Randolph Hearst ranks 30. Before him are Max Wolf, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Franz Stuck, George Santayana, Heinrich Rickert, and Reinhard Scheer. After him are Leo Baekeland, Annie Jump Cannon, Essad Pasha Toptani, Andrés Bonifacio, Paul Painlevé, and Hugo Münsterberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Randolph Hearst ranks 1,304 out of 20,380. Before him are John Fenn (1917), Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), George Dantzig (1914), Steven Chu (1948), and Chyna (1969). After him are Chris Columbus (1958), Owen Wilson (1968), Dionne Warwick (1940), Philip Johnson (1906), Joseph Kosuth (1945), and Wallace Carothers (1896).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, William Randolph Hearst ranks 39. Before him are Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Roy O. Disney (1893), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Ethan Allen (1738), Fred Trump (1905), and Christina Onassis (1950). After him are William Boeing (1881), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Sam Walton (1918), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Larry Flynt (1942), and Phil Knight (1938).

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