207,380 profiles ranked

Laurance Rockefeller

American businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004) · United States · Founders · Died at 94

Laurance Rockefeller is read about 265 times a day, in 16 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.

Also in Deutsch

Photos 2

Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom1969
Audubon Medal1964
Congressional Gold Medal
Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award

Family

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

About this person

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for Intel, Apple Computer, Piasecki Helicopter, and many other successful start-ups. Rockefeller was known for his involvement in wilderness preservation, ecology and the protection of wildlife. His work helped the establishing of a new conservation ethic, and received the Lady Bird Johnson Conservation Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997.

Country
United States
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2004 · aged 94

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.