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Henry Clay Frick

1849 - 1919

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Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He had extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the Neoclassical Frick Mansion in Manhattan (now designated a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Clay Frick has received more than 2,050,749 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henry Clay Frick is the 444th most popular businessperson (up from 478th in 2019), the 5,561st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,660th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Henry Clay Frick ranks 444 out of 847. Before him are J. R. D. Tata, Muhtar Kent, Pierre Veyron, Fred Karno, Michael Dell, and Rina Zaripova. After him are Alan Lomax, Eduardo Saverin, Robert Durst, Walter Wild, Michael Eisner, and Anders Hejlsberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Henry Clay Frick ranks 79. Before him are Oscar Hertwig, Christian Rohlfs, Jacob Riis, Pedro Montt, Richard Lydekker, and Prosper-René Blondlot. After him are John Hartley, Panas Myrny, Alfred Kleiner, Gerhard Munthe, Johan Kjeldahl, and Emil Zuckerkandl. Among people deceased in 1919, Henry Clay Frick ranks 121. Before him are Mary Edwards Walker, Tibor Szamuely, Viktor Knorre, Ricardo Palma, José Santos Zelaya, and Wallace Clement Sabine. After him are Oleksandr Murashko, Géza Csáth, Paul von Jankó, Sotirios Versis, Evgraf Fedorov, and Alfred Deakin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Clay Frick ranks 5,561 out of 20,380. Before him are James Eckhouse (1955), Clyde Cowan (1919), James Crafts (1839), Theodore Roszak (1933), William R. King (1786), and Osceola (1804). After him are Gary Peacock (1935), Travis Barker (1975), Alfred Blalock (1899), Darlene Cates (1947), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), and Maclyn McCarty (1911).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry Clay Frick ranks 137. Before him are Eli Lilly (1838), Suge Knight (1965), Peter Lynch (1944), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Muhtar Kent (1952), and Michael Dell (1965). After him are Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Durst (1943), Michael Eisner (1942), Chad Hurley (1977), Brendan Eich (1961), and Carl Icahn (1936).

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