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Max Factor

1877 - 1938

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Max Factor Sr. (September 15, 1877 – August 30, 1938), born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry in the United States and popularized the term "make-up" in noun form based on the verb. He is also known for doing makeovers for starlets and giving them their signature looks; his most iconic works include Jean Harlow's platinum hair, Clara Bow's bob, Lucille Ball's false lashes and red curls, and Joan Crawford's "Hunter's Bow", or overdrawn lips. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Factor is the 327th most popular businessperson (down from 233rd in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from Poland (down from 460th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Max Factor ranks 327 out of 847. Before him are Jorge Paulo Lemann, Isabella Beeton, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Clyde Cessna, Julius Maggi, and James Gordon Bennett Jr.. After him are Zhong Shanshan, Mike Markkula, François Coty, Carl Laemmle Jr., George Averoff, and Frits Philips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Max Factor ranks 82. Before him are Charles Coburn, Alice B. Toklas, Georges Catroux, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, and Isidora Sekulić. After him are Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Joanni Perronet, Otto Herschmann, Maximilian Voloshin, Wehib Pasha, and Viktor Dyk. Among people deceased in 1938, Max Factor ranks 102. Before him are Harry Myers, Maurice Emmanuel, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Frigyes Karinthy, Otto Warburg, and Osman Aqçoqraqlı. After him are Miguel Cabanellas, Émile Cohl, Gustav Klutsis, Andrei Bubnov, E. C. Segar, and Jānis K. Bērziņš.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Max Factor ranks 613 out of 1,694. Before him are Sholem Asch (1880), Mieczysław Rakowski (1926), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Krzysztof Wielicki (1950), and Szymon Winawer (1838). After him are Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1454), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), Aleksander Zawadzki (1899), Isaac Deutscher (1907), and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1549).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Poland

Among businesspeople born in Poland, Max Factor ranks 3. Before him are Helena Rubinstein (1872), and Jack Tramiel (1928). After him are Joanna Hoffman (1955).

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