John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

male, deceased (1937)
billionaire, petroleum industry, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, American billionaire, rockefeller foundation, philanthropist…oil industry, Baptist from the United States
John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. (July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller revolutionized the...
Edwin Drake

Edwin Drake

male, deceased (1880)
from Vermont, from the Lehigh Valley, oil, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, American, petroleum
Edwin Laurentine Drake (born March 29, 1819 in Greenville, New York-died November 9, 1880 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), also known as Colonel Drake,...

George Bissell

male, deceased (1884)
Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College alumni, oil, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, oil industry, kerosene…petroleum
George Bissell is often considered the father of the American oil industry. He was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. In 1853 he observed by chance...
Charles Pratt

Charles Pratt

male, deceased (1891)
entrepreneur, philanthropist, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, kerosene, American, American oil industrialist…petroleum industry, The holy lamps of Tibet are primed with Astral Oil
Charles Pratt was a United States capitalist, businessman and philanthropist. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and established...
Henry H. Rogers

Henry H. Rogers

male, deceased (1909)
Standard Oil Trust, collusion, bituminous coal, Businessman, coal, gilded age…Founderofthepetroleumindustry
Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29 1840 - May 19 1909) was a United States capitalist, businessman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist....
Samuel Martin Kier

Samuel Martin Kier

male, deceased (1874)
Scots-Irish, refining, from Pennsylvania, entrepreneur, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, livermore…petroleum, Grandfather of the American Oil Industry
Samuel Martin Kier (July 19, 1813 - October 6, 1874) was an American inventor and businessman who is credited with founding the American petroleum...
Benjamin Silliman Jr.

Benjamin Silliman Jr.

male, deceased (1885)
Yale University, Chemist, oil, Founderofthepetroleumindustry, kerosene, American
Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (December 4, 1816 - January 14, 1885) was a professor of chemistry at Yale University and instrumental in developing the oil...
James Miller Williams

James Miller Williams

male, deceased (1890)
American migrant to Canada, Ontario MPP, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, oil well, petroleum, carriage…Founderofthepetroleumindustry, The Canada Oil Company
James Miller Williams (September 14 1818 - November 25 1890) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Hamilton in...
Abraham Pineo Gesner

Abraham Pineo Gesner

male, deceased (1864)
iron ore, Canadian of German descent, coal, coal oil, halifax, Canadian…Founderofthepetroleumindustry, petroleum
Abraham Pineo Gesner, born May 2, 1797 in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, Canada – died April 29, 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a physician an...
Brewster Jennings

Brewster Jennings

male
Sacramento, Benjamin Brewster Jennings, Standard Oil Trust, Standard Oil Company of New York, Exxonmobil, mobil oil…Founderofthepetroleumindustry
Benjamin Brewster Jennings, a founder and president of the Socony-Vacuum company, which became, in 1955, the Standard Oil Company of New York...