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Henry J. Heinz

1844 - 1919

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Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Many of his descendants are known for philanthropy and involvement in politics and public affairs. His fortune became the basis for the Heinz Foundations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry J. Heinz is the 152nd most popular businessperson (up from 194th in 2019), the 1,790th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,143rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Henry J. Heinz ranks 152 out of 847. Before him are William Randolph Hearst, Pierre Bergé, Masayoshi Son, Elizabeth Arden, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Al-Waleed bin Talal. After him are Ren Zhengfei, Martha Stewart, François Pinault, Larry Flynt, Lorenzo Sanz, and Armand Peugeot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Henry J. Heinz ranks 31. Before him are Abdur Rahman Khan, Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Friedrich Miescher, and Sophia Tolstaya. After him are Karl Lueger, George W. De Long, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Saitō Hajime, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Thomas Eakins. Among people deceased in 1919, Henry J. Heinz ranks 33. Before him are Edward Charles Pickering, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Leonid Andreyev, Sophia Tolstaya, Habibullah Khan, and Franz Mehring. After him are Prince John of the United Kingdom, Henry Gantt, Peter Altenberg, Guido von List, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, and Mikhail Tsvet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry J. Heinz ranks 1,790 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Rockefeller (1938), Richard Axel (1946), Robert Noyce (1927), John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960). After him are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Chris McCandless (1968), Melvin Laird (1922), Bob Gunton (1945), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), and Valerie Solanas (1936).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry J. Heinz ranks 55. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Gordon Moore (1929), Roy O. Disney (1893), Sam Walton (1918), Christina Onassis (1950), and William Randolph Hearst (1863). After him are Martha Stewart (1941), Larry Flynt (1942), Cyrus West Field (1819), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ethan Allen (1738), and Madam C. J. Walker (1867).

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