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Jim Marshall

1923 - 2012

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James Charles Marshall (29 July 1923 – 5 April 2012) known as The Father of Loud or The Lord of Loud, was an English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification. His company, Marshall Amplification, founded in 1962, has created equipment that is used by some of the biggest names in rock music, producing amplifiers with an iconic status. Described by The Times as a "charismatic amplifier innovator and music entrepreneur", Marshall was awarded an OBE at Buckingham Palace in 2003 for "services to the music industry and to charity". In 2009, he was given the Freedom of the Borough of Milton Keynes for his work in the community. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Marshall is the 537th most popular businessperson (down from 421st in 2019), the 3,980th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,800th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Jim Marshall ranks 537 out of 847. Before him are Jean-Michel Aulas, Gilbert Kaplan, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Gautam Adani, Jean-Paul Agon, and Walter Wild. After him are Mo Ibrahim, Anders Hejlsberg, Eike Batista, Richard Hilton, Hermann Josef Abs, and Arianna Huffington.

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Among people born in 1923, Jim Marshall ranks 330. Before him are Emilio Rodríguez, Bob Barker, Atilio Cremaschi, N. T. Rama Rao, Jorge Daponte, and Ivor Bueb. After him are Jean Stapleton, Somnath Sharma, Gösta Löfgren, Oskar Fischer, Latifa al-Zayyat, and Hedy Schlunegger. Among people deceased in 2012, Jim Marshall ranks 313. Before him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Phyllis Diller, Klaus Köste, Ian Abercrombie, Phillip V. Tobias, and Claude Cheysson. After him are Kurt Maetzig, Luis Aponte Martínez, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Art Larsen, Ervin Zádor, and István Rózsavölgyi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 3,981 out of 8,785. Before him are Nick Land (1962), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Richard Bentley (1662), E. T. Whittaker (1873), William Hemsley (1843), and Ivor Bueb (1923). After him are Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), Edward Andrade (1887), Peter Hook (1956), Francis Hauksbee (1660), and Ralph Cudworth (1617).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Jim Marshall ranks 36. Before him are Angus Ogilvy (1928), Ken Aston (1915), Mark Thatcher (1953), John Houlding (1833), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), and Howard Stringer (1942). After him are Claire Williams (1976), Andrew Planche (1727), Neil Aspinall (1941), Fred Karno (1866), Anita Roddick (1942), and Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971).

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