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Samuel Brannan

1819 - 1889

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Samuel S. Brannan (March 2, 1819 – May 5, 1889) was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent Mormon who founded the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is also considered the first to publicize the California Gold Rush and was California's first millionaire.: 237  He used the profits from his stores to buy large tracts of real estate. He helped form the first vigilance committee in San Francisco and was disfellowshiped from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) because of his actions within the vigilance committee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Brannan has received more than 375,261 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Brannan is the 405th most popular businessperson, the 5,355th most popular biography from United States and the 133rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Samuel Brannan ranks 405 out of 601. Before him are William Knox D'Arcy, Michael Eisner, Mikhail Fridman, S. Robson Walton, Christophe de Margerie, and Carl Icahn. After him are Jensen Huang, Gigi Becali, Jim Marshall, Savva Mamontov, Gaston Gallimard, and Jerry Yang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Samuel Brannan ranks 71. Before him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Abe Masahiro, Butrus al-Bustani, Pieter Bleeker, Martin Johnson Heade, and Ernst Falkbeer. After him are Louise Otto-Peters, Jean-Augustin Barral, Constant Fornerod, Władysław Taczanowski, Klaus Groth, and Julia Ward Howe. Among people deceased in 1889, Samuel Brannan ranks 60. Before him are Benedetto Cairoli, Ignatz Kolisch, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Sergey Botkin, Belle Starr, and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov. After him are Ludwig Anzengruber, Gustav Lange, Michele Amari, José Joaquín Pérez, Warren De la Rue, and Juan Montalvo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 5,355 out of 18,182. Before him are Carl Icahn (1936), Willis Reed (1942), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Kim Raver (1969), Kim Dickens (1965), and Michael Gross (1947). After him are Ray Barretto (1929), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), Angry Grandpa (1950), and William Windom (1923).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 133. Before him are Ron Woodroof (1950), Biz Stone (1974), Alan Lomax (1915), Michael Eisner (1942), S. Robson Walton (1944), and Carl Icahn (1936). After him are Muhtar Kent (1952), David Geffen (1943), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Charles Geschke (1939), Bob Lazar (1959), and Lawrence Roberts (1937).

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