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Barbara Hutton

1912 - 1979

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Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante, socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the "Poor Little Rich Girl"—first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930 amid the Great Depression and later due to a notoriously troubled private life. Heiress to one-third of the estate of the retail tycoon Frank Winfield Woolworth, Barbara Hutton was one of the wealthiest women in the world. She endured a childhood marked by the neglect of her father and the early loss of her mother at age four who died from suffocation due to mastoiditis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Hutton is the 80th most popular celebrity (up from 98th in 2019), the 4,535th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,898th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Barbara Hutton ranks 80 out of 265. Before her are Ethel Kennedy, Annie Oakley, Florence Owens Thompson, Victor Kugler, Daisy, Princess of Pless, and Denise Perrier. After her are Evelyn McHale, Walther Kadow, Brandon Teena, John Rogan, Ota Benga, and Manuel Uribe.

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Among people born in 1912, Barbara Hutton ranks 172. Before her are Võ Chí Công, Kaneto Shindo, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Bill Roberts, and Alfred Schwarzmann. After her are Béla Király, Arne Brustad, Lev Kopelev, Leslie Johnson, Andre Norton, and Claude Pompidou. Among people deceased in 1979, Barbara Hutton ranks 121. Before her are Georges Florovsky, Jack Haley, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Issa Pliyev, Jean Rhys, and David Butler. After her are Rebecca Clarke, Walter Legge, Minnie Riperton, Lothar Wolleh, Vsevolod Bobrov, and Juana de Ibarbourou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Hutton ranks 4,535 out of 20,380. Before her are Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jason Alexander (1959), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Seymour Cassel (1935), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), and Tom Atkins (1935). After her are Peter Senge (1947), Brian Herbert (1947), Gabriel Macht (1972), George Raft (1901), Liz Sheridan (1929), and Loretta Swit (1937).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Barbara Hutton ranks 33. Before her are Babushka Lady (1930), Lizzie Borden (1860), Madeleine Astor (1893), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Annie Oakley (1860), and Florence Owens Thompson (1903). After her are Evelyn McHale (1923), Brandon Teena (1972), John Rogan (1867), Genie (1957), Nicky Hilton Rothschild (1983), and Kourtney Kardashian (1979).

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