Skip to content
226,923 profiles ranked

William Colgate

Soap manufacturer and philanthropist (2783-1857) · United States · On the map · Founders · Lived 1783 to 1857 · aged 74

William Colgate was an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company.

William Colgate is read about 152 times a day, in 14 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 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

People around William

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. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.

Correct this family

Media & music

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1783 to 1857 · aged 74