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George Peabody

1795 - 1869

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George Peabody (; February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is often considered the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Peabody has received more than 1,004,391 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Peabody is the 498th most popular businessperson (down from 430th in 2019), the 6,492nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,823rd in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 3.61

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Peabody ranks 498 out of 847. Before him are William Henry Conley, Earl Tupper, Suleyman Kerimov, Samuel Cunard, Milton S. Hershey, and Hermann Josef Abs. After him are Will Keith Kellogg, Petr Kellner, Samuel P. Bush, Gene Haas, Mario Segale, and Jared Kushner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, George Peabody ranks 52. Before him are Joseph Böhm, Rowland Hill, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Nikolaos Mantzaros, Benjamin Morrell, and Pedro María de Anaya. After him are José Gregorio Monagas, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Luis José de Orbegoso, José María Obando, and Vasily Perovsky. Among people deceased in 1869, George Peabody ranks 49. Before him are Carlo Cattaneo, Antonie Brentano, Jean René Constant Quoy, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Edwin Stanton, and Pyotr Anjou. After him are Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Andreas Kalvos, Bertalan Szemere, Alexander Dreyschock, Henry Jarvis Raymond, and Thomas Hodgskin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Peabody ranks 6,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Allen (1921), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Estelle Parsons (1927), Bella Hadid (1996), Sarah Rafferty (1972), and Wilfred Jackson (1906). After him are James Jesus Angleton (1917), Sid Caesar (1922), Trent Reznor (1965), Michelle Akers (1966), Robert Towne (1934), and Jeff Corey (1914).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, George Peabody ranks 155. Before him are Dana White (1969), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), Helen Walton (1919), William Henry Conley (1840), Earl Tupper (1907), and Milton S. Hershey (1857). After him are Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Gene Haas (1952), Mario Segale (1934), Jared Kushner (1981), and Gregory Olsen (1945).

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