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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 397,110 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samuel Brannan is the 654th most popular businessperson (down from 405th in 2019), the 10,375th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,343rd in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 400k

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  • 43.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Samuel Brannan ranks 654 out of 847. Before him are Amy Pascal, Joanna Hoffman, Steve Jackson, Shuntaro Furukawa, Athina Onassis, and Anil Ambani. After him are Philippe Kahn, Barry Diller, Heather Mills, Benjamin Vulliamy, Ton Roosendaal, and Charles Saatchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Samuel Brannan ranks 100. Before him are Monier Monier-Williams, Alexander Melville Bell, George Salmon, William Rosecrans, Narcyza Żmichowska, and Henry Tate. After him is John W. Geary. Among people deceased in 1889, Samuel Brannan ranks 81. Before him are Dmitry Tolstoy, Lucy Webb Hayes, Francisco Antonino Vidal, Priscilla Cooper Tyler, Charles Mackay, and Máximo Santos. After him are Churchill Babington, Daniel Harvey Hill, John Bright, Simon Cameron, and William Allingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 10,375 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Everman (1967), Greg Phillinganes (1956), George Clymer (1739), Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), and David Rittenhouse (1732). After him are Kevin DuBrow (1955), Lisa Zane (1961), Kevin R. Kregel (1956), Saundra Santiago (1957), Craig Robinson (1971), and Troy Baker (1976).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 229. Before him are Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Gwynne Shotwell (1963), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Avram Glazer (1960), John Munro Longyear (1850), and Amy Pascal (1958). After him are Barry Diller (1942), Ginni Rometty (1957), Kevin Systrom (1983), Chris Hughes (1983), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), and Clayton Christensen (1952).

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