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Joan Gamper

1877 - 1930

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Hans Max Gamper-Haessig (German pronunciation: [hans maks ˈɡampər ˈhɛːsɪg]; 22 November 1877 – 30 July 1930), commonly known as Joan Gamper (IPA: [ʒuˈaŋ ˈɡampər]), was a Swiss-born football executive and versatile athlete. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably Barcelona and Zürich. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of Barcelona, being the fundamental head behind the foundation of the club in 1899, and then serving as the club's first captain between 1899 and 1903, netting over 100 goals in just 48 matches for Barça and in 1902, he captained his side to a victory in the Copa Macaya, the club's first title. He then served as its president on five separate occasions between 1908 and 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Gamper is the 50th most popular businessperson (down from 41st in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 31st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Businessperson.

Joan Gamper was a football player and the founder of FC Barcelona. He is most famous for founding FC Barcelona and being a football player.

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Among businesspeople, Joan Gamper ranks 50 out of 847. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Philip Kotler, David Rockefeller, Melinda Gates, Adolf Dassler, and João Havelange. After him are J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Aga Khan IV, Levi Strauss, Hugh Hefner, and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Joan Gamper ranks 9. Before him are Isadora Duncan, Charles Glover Barkla, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Frederick Soddy, Francis William Aston, and Wilhelm Frick. After him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, James Jeans, Frank Marshall, Edgar Cayce, Raoul Dufy, and Gabriele Münter. Among people deceased in 1930, Joan Gamper ranks 13. Before him are Zewditu, Allvar Gullstrand, Fritz Pregl, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Christiaan Eijkman, and William Howard Taft. After him are Lon Chaney, Frank P. Ramsey, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Cosima Wagner, Wilfrid Voynich, and Victoria of Baden.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Joan Gamper ranks 34 out of 1,015. Before him are Conrad Gessner (1516), Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), and Emil Theodor Kocher (1841). After him are Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), and Jacques Necker (1732).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Joan Gamper ranks 2. Before him are Sepp Blatter (1936). After him are Aga Khan IV (1936), Louis Chevrolet (1878), Gianni Infantino (1970), César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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