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Milton S. Hershey

1857 - 1945

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Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist. Trained in the confectionery business, Hershey pioneered the manufacture of caramel, using fresh milk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton S. Hershey has received more than 2,367,692 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Milton S. Hershey is the 496th most popular businessperson (down from 442nd in 2019), the 6,474th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,044th in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 2.4M

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  • 48.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Milton S. Hershey ranks 496 out of 847. Before him are Dmitry Rybolovlev, Mansour Ojjeh, William Henry Conley, Earl Tupper, Suleyman Kerimov, and Samuel Cunard. After him are Hermann Josef Abs, George Peabody, Will Keith Kellogg, Petr Kellner, Samuel P. Bush, and Gene Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Milton S. Hershey ranks 110. Before him are Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, James Edward Keeler, Henry Dudeney, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Constantin Coandă, and Christian Wilhelm Allers. After him are Friedrich Reinitzer, E. A. Wallis Budge, Otto Stapf, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Halil Pasha, and Jules de Trooz. Among people deceased in 1945, Milton S. Hershey ranks 286. Before him are Naoemon Shimizu, Dorothea Köring, Alexander Fersman, Vilmos Apor, Joe Hunt, and Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard. After him are Johannes Block, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Richard Bong, Bruno Frank, Italo Santelli, and Julius Hirsch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milton S. Hershey ranks 6,474 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacqueline Susann (1918), Timothy Pickering (1745), Dominic Sena (1949), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Charles Jewtraw (1900), and Buddy Ebsen (1908). After him are Gilda Radner (1946), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Mike Kelley (1954), and Bill Frisell (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Milton S. Hershey ranks 154. Before him are S. Robson Walton (1944), Dana White (1969), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), Helen Walton (1919), William Henry Conley (1840), and Earl Tupper (1907). After him are George Peabody (1795), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Gene Haas (1952), Mario Segale (1934), and Jared Kushner (1981).

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