COMPANION

Happy Rockefeller

1926 - 2015

Happy Rockefeller

Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller (née Fitler, formerly Murphy; June 9, 1926 – May 19, 2015) was a philanthropist who, as the wife of the 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, served as second lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. She was previously the first lady of New York from 1963 to 1973, during her husband's last three terms in office. In 1991, she was appointed a public delegate to the United Nations by US President George H. W. Bush. She also was president of the board of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center north of Albany, New York, among other philanthropic projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Happy Rockefeller is the 774th most popular companion (up from 779th in 2024), the 9,458th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,700th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Happy Rockefeller ranks 774 out of 784. Before her are Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, Christina Hvide, Eanflæd, Autumn Phillips, Yasmine Pahlavi, and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. After her are Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland, Sybilla of Normandy, Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, Ahad bint Abdullah, Cynethryth, and Nora Barnacle.

Most Popular Companions in Wikipedia

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Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark
1677 - 1735
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 768
Christina Hvide
1145 - 1200
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 769
Eanflæd
626 - 704
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 770
Autumn Phillips
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 771
Yasmine Pahlavi
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 772
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
1966 - 1999
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 773
Happy Rockefeller
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 774
Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland
1340 - 1375
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 775
Sybilla of Normandy
1092 - 1122
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 776
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon
1074 - 1130
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 777
Ahad bint Abdullah
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 778
Cynethryth
800 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 779
Nora Barnacle
1884 - 1951
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 780

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Happy Rockefeller ranks 434. Before her are József Kovács, Roberto Lippi, Diana Lynn, Maximilian Raub, Raaj Kumar, and Johannes Joachim Degenhardt. After her are Rino Ferrario, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Walter Lassally, Verne Gagne, Nikos Koundouros, and Lino Aldani. Among people deceased in 2015, Happy Rockefeller ranks 401. Before her are Ron Moody, Jiří Hledík, Herberto Hélder, Stephan Beckenbauer, Gregory Walcott, and Bruno Visintin. After her are Richard Dysart, David Canary, Verne Gagne, Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, Jerry Weintraub, and Miroslav Poljak.

Others Born in 1926

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József Kovács
ATHLETE
1926 - 1987
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 428
Roberto Lippi
RACING DRIVER
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 429
Diana Lynn
ACTOR
1926 - 1971
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 430
Maximilian Raub
ATHLETE
1926 - 2019
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 431
Raaj Kumar
ACTOR
1926 - 1996
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 432
Johannes Joachim Degenhardt
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1926 - 2002
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 433
Happy Rockefeller
COMPANION
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 434
Rino Ferrario
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2012
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 435
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
NOBLEMAN
1926 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 436
Walter Lassally
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 437
Verne Gagne
WRESTLER
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 438
Nikos Koundouros
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 439
Lino Aldani
WRITER
1926 - 2009
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 440