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John D. Rockefeller III

1906 - 1978

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John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John D. Rockefeller III has received more than 1,396,604 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John D. Rockefeller III is the 355th most popular businessperson (down from 248th in 2019), the 4,403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,134th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John D. Rockefeller III ranks 355 out of 601Before him are Johanna Quandt, Franklin Clarence Mars, Edwin Drake, Henry Cole, Pavel Durov, and George Averoff. After him are Charles Koch, Satya Nadella, Adolf Merckle, Sundar Pichai, Susanne Klatten, and Emil Rathenau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John D. Rockefeller III ranks 178Before him are R. K. Narayan, Dmitry Likhachov, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Agniya Barto, Flávio Costa, and Eleanor Hibbert. After him are Buddhadasa, Nazim al-Qudsi, František Svoboda, Eraldo Monzeglio, Marian Spychalski, and Fazıl Küçük. Among people deceased in 1978, John D. Rockefeller III ranks 119Before him are Nancy Spungen, Lon L. Fuller, Alexander Gerschenkron, Raymond Braine, Leo Genn, and Franz Bäke. After him are Carlos Riolfo, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Blair, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Juan Evaristo, and Nico Diederichs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John D. Rockefeller III ranks 4,403 out of 18,182Before him are Dakota Fanning (1994), Bert Patenaude (1909), Ed Koch (1924), Jon Polito (1950), Christina Hendricks (1975), and Edna Parker (1893). After him are Louis C.K. (1967), Marilyn Burns (1949), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Mae Marsh (1894), Jim Gray (1944), and George C. Homans (1910).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, John D. Rockefeller III ranks 109Before him are Armand Hammer (1898), Malcom McLean (1913), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Tommy Mottola (1949), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), and Edwin Drake (1819). After him are Charles Koch (1935), Ray Dalio (1949), Dana White (1969), Linda McMahon (1948), Howard Schultz (1953), and Laurene Powell Jobs (1963).