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Henry Flagler

1830 - 1913

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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Flagler has received more than 1,288,851 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Flagler is the 242nd most popular businessperson (up from 508th in 2019), the 2,630th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,617th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 15

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  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Henry Flagler ranks 242 out of 847. Before him are Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Mineko Iwasaki, Mike Markkula, Bill Hewlett, and Meyer Guggenheim. After him are Kirk Kerkorian, Edsel Ford, Umberto Agnelli, David Packard, John Warnock, and Eric Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Henry Flagler ranks 34. Before him are Yoshida Shōin, Theodor Leschetizky, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, François-Marie Raoult, Alexei Savrasov, and Carmine Crocco. After him are Guido Gezelle, Christina Rossetti, Albert Günther, Aga Khan II, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, and Luigi Cremona. Among people deceased in 1913, Henry Flagler ranks 31. Before him are Mariano Rampolla, Empress Dowager Longyu, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Song Jiaoren, and John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. After him are Carl Hagenbeck, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Louis Paul Cailletet, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Aurel Vlaicu, and Émile Ollivier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Flagler ranks 2,630 out of 20,380. Before him are John Grinder (1940), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Walter Tevis (1928), J. T. Walsh (1943), James M. Cain (1892), and Gertrude Ederle (1905). After him are Susan Sullivan (1942), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Triple H (1969), Anne Schedeen (1949), Johnny Sins (1978), and Steve Guttenberg (1958).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Henry Flagler ranks 74. Before him are Steve Fossett (1944), Sheldon Adelson (1933), John Sculley (1939), John C. Bogle (1929), Mike Markkula (1942), and Bill Hewlett (1913). After him are Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Edsel Ford (1893), David Packard (1912), John Warnock (1940), Eric Schmidt (1955), and Howard Schultz (1953).

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