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Steve Jobs

1955 - 2011

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Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 and adopted shortly afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Jobs is the most popular designer, the 17th most popular biography from United States (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular American Designer.

Steve Jobs is most famous for co-founding Apple and being the CEO of the company. He was also responsible for the development of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Steve Jobs ranks 1 out of 104. After him are Antonio Stradivari, Thomas Andrews, Ferdinand Porsche, Peter Carl Fabergé, Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Hugo Boss, William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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Among people born in 1955, Steve Jobs ranks 2. Before him is Pope Leo XIV. After him are Bill Gates, Bruce Willis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, and Bill Paxton. Among people deceased in 2011, Steve Jobs ranks 1. After him are Kim Jong-il, Muammar Gaddafi, Wangari Maathai, Václav Havel, Elizabeth Taylor, Osama bin Laden, Otto von Habsburg, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Cesária Évora, Peter Falk, and Burhanuddin Rabbani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Jobs ranks 17 out of 20,380. Before him are William McKinley (1843), Al Pacino (1940), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), and Martin Van Buren (1782). After him are Hillary Clinton (1947), Marilyn Monroe (1926), Abraham Lincoln (1809), James K. Polk (1795), Steven Spielberg (1946), and Elvis Presley (1935).

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Among designers born in United States, Steve Jobs ranks 1. After him are Iris Apfel (1921), Betsy Ross (1752), Milton Glaser (1929), Syd Mead (1933), Paul Rand (1914), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Ollie Johnston (1912), Norman Bel Geddes (1893), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Marc Davis (1913).

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