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James Gordon Bennett Jr.

1841 - 1918

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James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Gordon Bennett Jr. is the 326th most popular businessperson (up from 570th in 2019), the 3,966th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,276th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 326 out of 847. Before him are Stefan Persson, Jorge Paulo Lemann, Isabella Beeton, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Clyde Cessna, and Julius Maggi. After him are Max Factor, Zhong Shanshan, Mike Markkula, François Coty, Carl Laemmle Jr., and George Averoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 52. Before him are Elfrida Andrée, Philipp Spitta, Marie Alfred Cornu, Sam Loyd, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, and Wilfrid Laurier. After him are Giovanni Sgambati, Catulle Mendès, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Charles J. Guiteau, and Carl Robert Jakobson. Among people deceased in 1918, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 98. Before him are Eugene Botkin, Korbinian Brodmann, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and Wilfred Owen. After him are Édouard Chavannes, George Tupou II, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Ewald Hering, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, and Charlie Soong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 3,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Parker (1916), Jim Hines (1946), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lassie Lou Ahern (1920), and Robert James Waller (1939). After him are Robert Gordon (1947), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Dabney Coleman (1932), Ronald Inglehart (1934), Antonia Maury (1866), and Christopher Cross (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, James Gordon Bennett Jr. ranks 107. Before him are Katharine Graham (1917), Larry Silverstein (1931), Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), Eric Schmidt (1955), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), and Clyde Cessna (1879). After him are Mike Markkula (1942), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Bob Iger (1951), Chad Hurley (1977), and Paul Castellano (1915).

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