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Roy O. Disney

1893 - 1971

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Roy Oliver Disney ( DIZ-nee; June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Walt Disney Company with his younger brother, Walt Disney. He also served as the company's first CEO and was the father of Roy E. Disney. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy O. Disney is the 140th most popular businessperson (down from 104th in 2019), the 1,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,168th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Roy O. Disney ranks 140 out of 847. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, César Ritz, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Gordon Moore, and Lakshmi Mittal. After him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Lee Kun-hee, Sam Walton, Chung Ju-yung, Christina Onassis, and William Randolph Hearst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Roy O. Disney ranks 54. Before him are Mae West, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Ernst Toller, Clemens Krauss, Edward G. Robinson, and Ernst Öpik. After him are Battista Farina, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Erwin Piscator, and Walter Christaller. Among people deceased in 1971, Roy O. Disney ranks 38. Before him are Marcel Dupré, Violet Jessop, Bernardo Houssay, Yrjö Väisälä, Max Steiner, and Johannes Frießner. After him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Pier Angeli, W. O. Bentley, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Paul Lévy, and Mathilde Kschessinska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 1,642 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Levinson (1942), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Dave Brubeck (1920), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and Gloria Gaynor (1947). After him are Rodney Alcala (1943), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Dirk Benedict (1945), Charles Ives (1874), Mike Portnoy (1967), and Mike DeWine (1947).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy O. Disney ranks 51. Before him are Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Charlie Munger (1924), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Ronald Wayne (1934), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), and Gordon Moore (1929). After him are Sam Walton (1918), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), Henry J. Heinz (1844), Martha Stewart (1941), and Larry Flynt (1942).

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