BUSINESSPERSON

Edwin Drake

1819 - 1880

Photo of Edwin Drake

Icon of person Edwin Drake

Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Drake has received more than 439,809 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edwin Drake is the 332nd most popular businessperson (up from 351st in 2019), the 3,754th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,294th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Edwin Drake ranks 332 out of 847. Before him are Chuck Feeney, Linda McMahon, Norio Ohga, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Akio Toyoda, and Roy E. Disney. After him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Martin Winterkorn, Sundar Pichai, Viktor Vekselberg, Timothy Dexter, and B. C. Forbes.

Most Popular Businesspeople in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Edwin Drake ranks 60. Before him are William A. Wheeler, Vatroslav Lisinski, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Panteleimon Kulish, Charles Kingsley, and Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Pieter Bleeker, Butrus al-Bustani, Maria Wodzińska, Cyrus West Field, Lucile Grahn, and Abe Masahiro. Among people deceased in 1880, Edwin Drake ranks 31. Before him are Jules Favre, Raden Saleh, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Robert Fortune, and Constantin Hansen. After him are Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Karl Friedrich Lessing, August Karl von Goeben, Alphonse Pénaud, Arthur Morin, and Lucretia Mott.

Others Born in 1819

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1880

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Drake ranks 3,754 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Konitz (1927), Fergie (1975), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lloyd Bacon (1889), Traci Lords (1968), and Bruce Sterling (1954). After him are Hank Azaria (1964), Bill W. (1895), SZA (1990), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Laura Bridgman (1829), and Orson Bean (1928).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Edwin Drake ranks 102. Before him are David Stern (1942), Jerry Buss (1933), David Koch (1940), Chuck Feeney (1931), Linda McMahon (1948), and Roy E. Disney (1930). After him are Timothy Dexter (1747), Chris Gardner (1954), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Charles Geschke (1939), and Allen Klein (1931).

American born Businesspeople

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous