Wealthiest Americans of all time

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Name Date of Birth Date of Death Wealth in Billions(1998 dollars)
Allen, Paul 1953  25.4
Armour, Philip Danforth 1832 1901 20.2
Astor, John Jacob 1763 1848 78
Blair, John 1802 1899 28.9
Buffet, Warren 1930  34.2
Carnegie, Andrew 1835 1919 100.5
Clark, Edward 1811 1882 18.2
Curtis, Cyrus 1850 1933 26.1
Derby, Elias Hasket 1739 1799 16.2
Fair, James 1831 1894 29.8
Field, Marshall 1834 1906 40.7
Flood, James C. 1826 1889 20
Ford, Henry 1863 1947 36.1
Frick, Henry Clay 1849 1919 22.5
Gates, William 1955  61.7
Girard, Stephen 1750 1831 55.6
Gould, Jay 1836 1892 42.1
Green, Hetty 1834 1916 17.3
Harriman, Edward 1848 1909 25
Hill, James 1838 1916 17.3
Hopkins, Mark 1813 1878 20
Huntington, Collis Potter 1821 1900 22.3
Longworth, Nicholas 1782 1863 20.3
Mellon, Richard 1858 1933 32.3
Mellon, Andrew 1855 1937 32.3
Morgan, John Pierpont 1837 1913 25
Payne, Oliver Hazard 1839 1917 24.6
Rockefeller, John D. 1839 1937 189.6
Rockefeller, William 1841 1922 16.9
Rogers, Henry Huddleston 1840 1909 25
Sage, Russell 1816 1906 29.1
Spreckels, Claus 1828 1908 15.1
Stanford, Leland 1824 1893 18.1
Taylor, Moses 1806 1882 29.2
Steward. A.T. 1803 1876 46.9
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 1794 1877 95.9
Walton, Sam 1918 1992 37.4
Weightman, William 1813 1904 29.2
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick 1834 1914 43.2
Widener, Peter 1834 1915 20.9
   
Source: American Heritage, October 1998   
Figures as of Spring 1998   
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