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Daniel Peter

1836 - 1919

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Daniel Peter (9 March 1836 – 4 November 1919) was a Swiss chocolatier and entrepreneur who founded Peter's Chocolate. A neighbour of Henri Nestlé in Vevey, he was one of the first chocolatiers to make milk chocolate and is credited for inventing it, in 1875 or 1876, by adding powdered milk to the chocolate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Peter is the 301st most popular businessperson (up from 306th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swiss Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Daniel Peter ranks 301 out of 847. Before him are Tommy Mottola, Mineko Iwasaki, Kirk Kerkorian, Dietmar Hopp, John C. Bogle, and Katharine Graham. After him are Lazare Ponticelli, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, George Williams, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Larry Silverstein, and Robert Nobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Daniel Peter ranks 34. Before him are Enomoto Takeaki, Jan Gotlib Bloch, Franz von Lenbach, Tekle Giyorgis II, Ding Ruchang, and Ronglu. After him are Antônio Carlos Gomes, Winslow Homer, Georges Leclanché, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, and Piet Cronjé. Among people deceased in 1919, Daniel Peter ranks 79. Before him are Alexander Izvolsky, Mark Sykes, Itagaki Taisuke, Laurence Doherty, Michel Théato, and Elin Danielson-Gambogi. After him are Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, László Mednyánszky, Wilfrid Laurier, André Prévost, Szymon Winawer, and Vera Kholodnaya.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Daniel Peter ranks 269 out of 1,015. Before him are Henri Schwery (1932), Wiborada (900), Moritz Leuenberger (1946), Andy Hug (1964), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253). After him are Doris Leuthard (1963), Hugo Koblet (1925), Abraham Trembley (1710), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Leopold Kielholz (1911), and Alexandre Calame (1810).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Daniel Peter ranks 10. Before him are Louis Chevrolet (1878), Gianni Infantino (1970), César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), and Umberto Agnelli (1934). After him are Julius Maggi (1846), Paul Sacher (1906), Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), Walter Wild (1872), Josef Ackermann (1948), and Marc Faber (1946).

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