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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 1,922,395 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henry Clay Frick is the 478th most popular businessperson (down from 401st in 2019), the 6,674th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,176th in 2019) and the 164th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Henry Clay Frick ranks 478 out of 601Before him are Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Cuban, Will Keith Kellogg, Steve Wynn, John Warnock, and Arianna Huffington. After him are Aliko Dangote, Anita Roddick, Irving Kristol, Jacqueline Mars, Harvey S. Firestone, and Mark Shuttleworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Henry Clay Frick ranks 90Before him are Pedro Montt, Emil Zuckerkandl, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Rafael Reyes, Hugo von Seeliger, and John Hopkinson. After him are N. E. Brown, Fernand de Langle de Cary, José Manuel Pando, Alfhild Agrell, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and August Palm. Among people deceased in 1919, Henry Clay Frick ranks 124Before him are Franz Steindachner, Louis Diémer, Spyridon Lambros, Napoleon Cybulski, Ramón Barros Luco, and Alfred Deakin. After him are Manuel Franco, Petre P. Carp, Huseyn Arablinski, Robert Bacon, George Eyser, and John Aitken.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Clay Frick ranks 6,674 out of 18,182Before him are Michael D. Coe (1929), Brian Littrell (1975), Brian G. Hutton (1935), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Bainbridge Colby (1869), and Frederick Seitz (1911). After him are Rush Limbaugh (1951), Steve Forrest (1925), Ann Druyan (1949), Rachel Chagall (1952), Tessa Thompson (1983), and Shirley Horn (1934).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry Clay Frick ranks 164Before him are Sean Parker (1979), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Mark Cuban (1958), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Steve Wynn (1942), and John Warnock (1940). After him are Irving Kristol (1920), Jacqueline Mars (1939), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), David Filo (1966), and Marcus Loew (1870).