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Jacob Schiff

1847 - 1920

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Jacob Henry Schiff (born Jakob Heinrich Schiff; January 10, 1847 – September 25, 1920) was a German-born American banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He helped finance the expansion of American railroads and the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Schiff migrated to the United States after the American Civil War and joined the firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. From his base on Wall Street, he was the foremost Jewish leader from 1880 to 1920 in what later became known as the "Schiff era", grappling with all major Jewish issues and problems of the day, including the plight of Russian Jews, American and international antisemitism, care of needy Jewish immigrants, and the rise of Zionism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Schiff is the 9,125th most popular politician (down from 7,160th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,966th in 2019) and the 765th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Schiff ranks 9,125 out of 19,576. Before him are Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Rafael Carrera, Alberts Kviesis, Meleager, Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia, and Stanisław Poniatowski. After him are Danilo Ilić, Gerry Adams, Bathilde d'Orléans, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Kang Song-san, and Yvonne de Gaulle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jacob Schiff ranks 39. Before him are Afonso Pena, Nakano Takeko, Ferdinand Fellner, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Adolf von Hildebrand. After him are Oscar Swahn, Josip Belušić, John Bates Clark, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Frits Thaulow, and Bertha Wegmann. Among people deceased in 1920, Jacob Schiff ranks 45. Before him are Levi P. Morton, Vladimir Purishkevich, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Alexius Meinong, Maria Bochkareva, and Germanus V of Constantinople. After him are Matthías Jochumsson, Joseph Trumpeldor, Paul Adam, Nikolai Korotkov, Gyula Benczúr, and Hermann von Struve.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 2,546 out of 7,253. Before him are Felix Nussbaum (1904), John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670), and Walter Frentz (1907). After him are Peter Schöffer (1420), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), and Ludwig Müller (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jacob Schiff ranks 765. Before him are Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1636), John Albert II (1590), Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1713), Johann Michael Bach (1648), William II, Elector of Hesse (1777), and John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627). After him are Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach (1703), Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482), Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842), and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871).

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