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Henry Flagler

1830 - 1913

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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a co-founder and major investor of the cities of Miami and Palm Beach, Florida. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Flagler is the 275th most popular businessperson (down from 242nd in 2019), the 3,275th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,630th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Henry Flagler ranks 275 out of 847. Before him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Fife Symington, Georgios Sinas, Herbert Hainer, Amadeo Giannini, and Eugène Schueller. After him are David Packard, Umberto Agnelli, Aurelio Peccei, Eric Trump, Serge Dassault, and Sundar Pichai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Henry Flagler ranks 41. Before him are Yoshida Shōin, Henry Bird, Alexei Savrasov, Albert Bierstadt, Guido Gezelle, and Christina Rossetti. After him are Luigi Cremona, Kamehameha V, Harriet Lane, Kálmán Tisza, Karl Christian Bruhns, and Mehmed Said Pasha. Among people deceased in 1913, Henry Flagler ranks 33. Before him are Emily Davison, David Popper, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Song Jiaoren. After him are Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Edwin Klebs, Émile Ollivier, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Carl Hagenbeck, and Okakura Kakuzō.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Flagler ranks 3,275 out of 20,380. Before him are J. P. Guilford (1897), Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), James Bowie (1796), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Al Matthews (1942), and Bud Powell (1924). After him are Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Robert Rossen (1908), Mos Def (1973), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Kevin Peter Hall (1955), and Scott Bradley (1891).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry Flagler ranks 93. Before him are Alice Walton (1949), Edsel Ford (1893), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Jack Daniel (1850), Fife Symington (1945), and Amadeo Giannini (1870). After him are David Packard (1912), Eric Trump (1984), John DeLorean (1925), Jared Kushner (1981), Tommy Mottola (1949), and Kirk Kerkorian (1917).

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