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Carl Laemmle

1867 - 1939

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Carl Laemmle (pronounced "LEM-lee", ); born Karl Lämmle German: [ˈlɛmlə]; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on more than 400 films. Regarded as one of the most important of the early film pioneers, Laemmle was born in what is now Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and worked in Chicago for 20 years before he began buying nickelodeons, eventually expanding into a film distribution service, the Laemmle Film Service, then into production as Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), later renamed Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and later still renamed Universal Pictures Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Laemmle is the 231st most popular businessperson (down from 195th in 2019), the 2,091st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,834th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Carl Laemmle ranks 231 out of 847. Before him are Dieter Schwarz, Dhirubhai Ambani, Rosalía Mera, Thomas Lipton, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and Rex Tillerson. After him are Stavros Niarchos, Henry Cole, Horacio Pagani, Rinat Akhmetov, Yves Rocher, and Ramón Calderón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Carl Laemmle ranks 62. Before him are Henry L. Stimson, Henri Gouraud, Kristian Birkeland, Marcel Schwob, Jeanne Lanvin, and Masaoka Shiki. After him are Cy Young, Marie Krøyer, Elvira Madigan, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Amy Beach, and Julien Benda. Among people deceased in 1939, Carl Laemmle ranks 50. Before him are Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Wu Peifu, Armand Călinescu, Norman Bethune, Louis Trousselier, and Eugène-Henri Gravelotte. After him are Johann Strauss III, Edvard Westermarck, Oscar Milosz, Isaac Carasso, Xu Shichang, and Arthur Rackham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Laemmle ranks 2,092 out of 7,253. Before him are Felix Bernstein (1878), Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730), John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Maria Reiter (1911), and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720). After him are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Hans Richter (1888), and Salvian (405).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Carl Laemmle ranks 26. Before him are Peter Thiel (1967), Melitta Bentz (1873), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), John Jacob Astor (1763), Axel Springer (1912), and Dieter Schwarz (1939). After him are Karl Baedeker (1801), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Herbert Hainer (1954), Friedrich Krupp (1787), and Dietmar Hopp (1940).

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