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William Knox D'Arcy

1849 - 1917

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William Knox D'Arcy (11 October 1849 – 1 May 1917) was a British-Australian businessman who was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Knox D'Arcy has received more than 284,044 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Knox D'Arcy is the 399th most popular businessperson, the 2,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 24th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 399 out of 601. Before him are William Henry Conley, Ron Woodroof, Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, Eugène Lanti, and Alan Lomax. After him are Michael Eisner, Mikhail Fridman, S. Robson Walton, Christophe de Margerie, Carl Icahn, and Samuel Brannan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 77. Before him are Alfred Kleiner, Józef Chełmoński, Ferdinand Brunetière, Carl Fredrik Hill, Edmund Barton, and William Merritt Chase. After him are Christian Rohlfs, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Alexander von Krobatin, Johan Kjeldahl, John Hartley, and Princess Marie of Hanover. Among people deceased in 1917, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 76. Before him are Frances Xavier Cabrini, Petter Adolf Karsten, Otto Finsch, Ivan Aguéli, Frank Muller, and Friedrich Robert Helmert. After him are Aurel Popovici, José Enrique Rodó, Gaston Alibert, Bob Fitzsimmons, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and Oswaldo Cruz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 2,869 out of 7,765. Before him are Nicholas Hilliard (1547), John Lennox (1943), Roland Orzabal (1961), Susanna Hall (1583), Tom Finney (1922), and Gareth Southgate (1970). After him are Bryan Robson (1957), Ray Clemence (1948), Rupert Graves (1963), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Gwyneth Jones (1936), and Frederick W. Lanchester (1868).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, William Knox D'Arcy ranks 24. Before him are Ken Aston (1915), Mark Thatcher (1953), Edward Cave (1691), Alfred Edwards (1850), Henry Cole (1808), and Thomas Blake Glover (1838). After him are Jim Marshall (1923), John Houlding (1833), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), Isabella Beeton (1836), and Anita Roddick (1942).

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