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Maxwell Perkins

1884 - 1947

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William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947) was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maxwell Perkins is the 452nd most popular businessperson (down from 362nd in 2019), the 5,888th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,177th in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Maxwell Perkins ranks 452 out of 847. Before him are John Bryson, B. C. Forbes, Paul Rusesabagina, John D. Rockefeller III, Angus Ogilvy, and Victor Pinchuk. After him are Guy Laliberté, Tim Sweeney, Arvind Krishna, Albert Ballin, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and William Henry Conley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Maxwell Perkins ranks 148. Before him are Jean Decoux, Carl Holmberg, André Auffray, Zofia Nałkowska, Joseph Pholien, and Nicholas Charnetsky. After him are Ali Aaltonen, Agus Salim, Axel Ljung, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Otto Froitzheim, and Harrison Ford. Among people deceased in 1947, Maxwell Perkins ranks 147. Before him are Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Richard Heidrich, Fyodor Dan, Johannes Winkler, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Urban Gad. After him are Max Berg, José Pardo y Barreda, Eugène Lanti, Amadeo García, Martin Klein, and George Henry Peters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxwell Perkins ranks 5,888 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Hagel (1946), George Huntington (1850), Claudette Colvin (1939), Rick Aviles (1952), Betty Robinson (1911), and Ona Munson (1903). After him are George Nichols (1864), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Rafer Johnson (1935), Ken Davitian (1953), Ralph Ellison (1914), and Lou Donaldson (1926).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Maxwell Perkins ranks 147. Before him are Alfred P. Sloan (1875), S. Robson Walton (1944), Mark Cuban (1958), Charles Yerkes (1837), John Bryson (1943), and John D. Rockefeller III (1906). After him are Tim Sweeney (1970), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), William Henry Conley (1840), Suge Knight (1965), John Warnock (1940), and Charles Geschke (1939).

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