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Robert Monroe

1915 - 1995

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Robert Allan Monroe, also known as Bob Monroe (October 30, 1915 – March 17, 1995), was an American radio broadcasting executive who became known for his ideas about altered states of consciousness and for founding The Monroe Institute which continues to promote those ideas. His 1971 book Journeys Out of the Body is credited with popularizing the term "out-of-body experience". Monroe developed Hemi-Sync which he claimed could facilitate enhanced brain performance. He was one of the founders of the Jefferson Cable Corporation, the first cable company to cover central Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Monroe is the 409th most popular businessperson (down from 403rd in 2019), the 5,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,830th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Robert Monroe ranks 409 out of 847. Before him are Elisabeth Abegg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Gerard Philips, Christophe de Margerie, Allen Klein, and Alan Lomax. After him are Nino Cerruti, John Elkann, Emil Rathenau, Reed Hastings, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Gustav Wiederkehr.

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Among people born in 1915, Robert Monroe ranks 140. Before him are Willie Dixon, Robert Motherwell, Zulfiya, Else Krüger, Hans Christian Blech, and Alan Lomax. After him are Philip Morrison, Argemiro, Aldo Boffi, Edmond Leburton, John Tukey, and Antonio Innocenti. Among people deceased in 1995, Robert Monroe ranks 163. Before him are Dany Robin, Jerry Garcia, Burl Ives, Ioannis Alevras, Mickey Mantle, and Nicolas Slonimsky. After him are Annie M. G. Schmidt, James Samuel Coleman, Willem Frederik Hermans, Jüri Järvet, Harry Guardino, and Jesús Garay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Monroe ranks 5,139 out of 20,380. Before him are Birdman (1969), Martha Hyer (1924), John Lewis (1920), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Dave Schultz (1959), and Rosalyn Tureck (1914). After him are Rebecca Romijn (1972), Sam Rivers (1923), Joseph Leidy (1823), Red Auerbach (1917), Jeff Conaway (1950), and Ray Romano (1957).

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Among businesspeople born in United States, Robert Monroe ranks 130. Before him are Howard Schultz (1953), Peter Lynch (1944), Edwin Drake (1819), Roy E. Disney (1930), Allen Klein (1931), and Alan Lomax (1915). After him are John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), Jim Walton (1948), David Geffen (1943), and John Munro Longyear (1850).

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