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George Hearst

1820 - 1891

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George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. George Hearst is the 16,628th most popular politician (down from 16,353rd in 2024), the 10,122nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,667th in 2019) and the 762nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, George Hearst ranks 16,628 out of 19,576. Before him are Aulus Postumius Albinus, Kliment of Tarnovo, Yusuf Adil Shah, Erhard Busek, Marie Yovanovitch, and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire. After him are Corine Mauch, Johan van Hulst, Pandeli Majko, Alfred Sant, Ernst Benda, and Django Sissoko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, George Hearst ranks 79. Before him are Johannes Rebmann, John F. Reynolds, Theodoros Diligiannis, George Grove, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Anthony W. Gardiner. After him are Henry Jarvis Raymond, Thomas Baines, Earl Van Dorn, and Worthington Whittredge. Among people deceased in 1891, George Hearst ranks 109. Before him are Henry Litolff, José María Urvina, Charles Bradlaugh, Giovanni Caselli, Edwin Long, and Alphonso Taft. After him are David Dixon Porter, and Sarah Winnemucca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Hearst ranks 10,128 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Duggan (1954), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Jennifer Syme (1972), Conway Twitty (1933), Vickie Guerrero (1968), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), George Mostow (1923), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Gary L. Francione (1954), and Marcia Strassman (1948). After him are Oliver Evans (1755), and Corine Mauch (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Hearst ranks 762. Before him are William Pinkney (1764), Jeanne Shaheen (1947), John Edwards (1953), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), Rand Paul (1963), and Jim Risch (1943). After him are Corine Mauch (1960), Ann Richards (1933), Ted Stevens (1923), Karl Rove (1950), Edward Seaga (1930), and Josiah Bartlett (1729).

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