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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. 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

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Samuel Brannan is the 710th most popular businessperson (down from 653rd in 2024), the 11,955th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,376th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Samuel Brannan ranks 710 out of 847. Before him are Christy Walton, Leonard Chess, Cindy McCain, Paul Stoddart, Chris Hughes, and John Peter Zenger. After him are Xu Rongmao, Heather Mills, Kaz Hirai, Ian Livingstone, Wendi Deng Murdoch, and A. H. Albut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Samuel Brannan ranks 100. Before him are Yuri Samarin, Martin Johnson Heade, Yakov Polonsky, Monier Monier-Williams, William Rosecrans, and Henry Tate. After him is John W. Geary. Among people deceased in 1889, Samuel Brannan ranks 83. Before him are Warren De la Rue, Paul du Bois-Reymond, Priscilla Cooper Tyler, Máximo Santos, Churchill Babington, and Daniel Harvey Hill. After him are John Bright, Simon Cameron, and William Allingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 11,957 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Messner (1970), George Maharis (1928), James Branch Cabell (1879), Han Ye-seul (1981), Sam Hanks (1914), and Aarthi Agarwal (1984). After him are Leilani Sarelle (1966), Capri Anderson (1988), Marshmello (1992), Josephine Hutchinson (1903), Tom Thibodeau (1958), and Richard Cushing (1895).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Samuel Brannan ranks 249. Before him are Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), Lamar Hunt (1932), Lynn Hill (1961), Christy Walton (1949), Cindy McCain (1954), and Chris Hughes (1983). After him are Michael Durant (1961), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Sumner Redstone (1923), John Wanamaker (1838), Peter Ueberroth (1937), and Ellen Stewart (1919).

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