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John D. Rockefeller

1839 - 1937

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John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history. Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John D. Rockefeller is the 9th most popular businessperson, the 94th most popular biography from United States (down from 84th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Businessperson.

John D. Rockefeller was a businessman who founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He became the world's richest man and the first American billionaire.

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Among businesspeople, John D. Rockefeller ranks 9 out of 847. Before him are Cecil Rhodes, Pierre de Coubertin, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Oskar Schindler, and George Soros. After him are Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, Bernie Madoff, Vince McMahon, Aristotle Onassis, and Robert McNamara.

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Among people born in 1839, John D. Rockefeller ranks 2. Before him is Paul Cézanne. After him are Sully Prudhomme, Modest Mussorgsky, Jamsetji Tata, Alfred Sisley, Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. Among people deceased in 1937, John D. Rockefeller ranks 5. Before him are Ernest Rutherford, Guglielmo Marconi, Maurice Ravel, and Pierre de Coubertin. After him are Alfred Adler, Antonio Gramsci, H. P. Lovecraft, Amelia Earhart, Erich Ludendorff, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Lou Andreas-Salomé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John D. Rockefeller ranks 94 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Kubrick (1928), Robin Williams (1951), John Glenn (1921), Al Capone (1899), Stephen King (1947), and Caitlyn Jenner (1949). After him are Gene Hackman (1930), Jeff Bezos (1964), Barack Obama (1961), Morgan Freeman (1937), Jack Nicholson (1937), and Abraham Maslow (1908).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, John D. Rockefeller ranks 4. Before him are Howard Hughes (1905), Bill Gates (1955), and Warren Buffett (1930). After him are Jeff Bezos (1964), Bernie Madoff (1938), Vince McMahon (1945), Robert McNamara (1916), Tim Cook (1960), Fred Trump (1905), William Boeing (1881), and Jeffrey Epstein (1953).

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