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William R. Orthwein

1881 - 1955

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William Robert Orthwein (October 16, 1881 – October 2, 1955) was an American sportsman, attorney, business executive and political activist. He was an Olympic bronze medalist in both water polo and the 4x50 freestyle swimming relay at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William R. Orthwein is the 425th most popular businessperson (up from 801st in 2019), the 5,490th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,072nd in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, William R. Orthwein ranks 425 out of 847. Before him are Frédéric Vasseur, Jim Walton, David Geffen, Choi Soon-sil, John Munro Longyear, and Clayton Christensen. After him are David Baszucki, Susanne Klatten, Haim Saban, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Li Ning, and Gaston Gallimard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, William R. Orthwein ranks 143. Before him are Marcello Piacentini, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Curt Haase, Ivan Smirnov, Eugène Olivier, and Dora Boothby. After him are Nasib Yusifbeyli, Gaston Gallimard, Louis Bastien, Sergey Merkurov, Aleksandr Bogomolets, and Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1955, William R. Orthwein ranks 109. Before him are Otto Gessler, Sybille Schmitz, Michele Besso, Jack McGrath, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Hamida Javanshir. After him are Helena Roerich, Martha Norelius, Ona Munson, Karl Hofer, František Janda-Suk, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William R. Orthwein ranks 5,490 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Stack (1928), Clayton Christensen (1952), Melinda Culea (1955), Yaki Kadafi (1977), Charles Jencks (1939), and Robert Herman (1914). After him are Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Noah Beery Jr. (1913), Jorja Fox (1968), Hal Moore (1922), Marianne Moore (1887), and Johnny Hayes (1886).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, William R. Orthwein ranks 138. Before him are Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), Jim Walton (1948), David Geffen (1943), John Munro Longyear (1850), and Clayton Christensen (1952). After him are Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), Armand Hammer (1898), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), S. Robson Walton (1944), Mark Cuban (1958), and Charles Yerkes (1837).

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