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George Averoff

1815 - 1899

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George M. Averoff (15 August 1815 – 15 July 1899), alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ), was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece. Born in the town of Metsovo (Epirus, Greece, then Ottoman Empire), Averoff moved to Alexandria while still young. He was known through most of his life for founding numerous schools in both Egypt and Greece. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Averoff is the 332nd most popular businessperson (down from 321st in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 520th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Averoff ranks 332 out of 847. Before him are James Gordon Bennett Jr., Max Factor, Zhong Shanshan, Mike Markkula, François Coty, and Carl Laemmle Jr.. After him are Frits Philips, Félicien Kabuga, Martin Winterkorn, Joseph Oller, Pavel Durov, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, George Averoff ranks 41. Before him are James Curtis Hepburn, Jean-Delphin Alard, Eugène Marin Labiche, Robert Remak, Robert Volkmann, and Ang Mey. After him are Theophan the Recluse, Alexander von Keyserling, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Eduard August von Regel, Crawford Long, and Temistocle Solera. Among people deceased in 1899, George Averoff ranks 35. Before him are Teodolfo Mertel, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Mór Than, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, and Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Lucien Quélet, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Princess Marie of Baden, Carl Millöcker, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Dwight L. Moody.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, George Averoff ranks 522 out of 1,024. Before him are Efstathios Chorafas (1871), Demophon of Athens (null), Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Christodoulos of Athens (1939), and Metrodorus of Chios (-500). After him are Mimis Domazos (1942), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), Hyperbolus (-500), Adamantios Androutsopoulos (1919), Chremonides (-400), and Dimitrios Gounaris (1867).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Greece

Among businesspeople born in Greece, George Averoff ranks 3. Before him are Stavros Niarchos (1909), and Isaac Carasso (1874). After him are Arianna Huffington (1950), and Sam Panopoulos (1934).

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