JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER VISITS HIS BIRTHPLACE.; Quite Unknown in the Home Where He Was Born -- The Door Quickly Thrown Open When He Announces His Identity.

Billionaire John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 to May 23, 1937) continues to rank as one of the richest men in modern times.

TITAN By Ron Chernow (Random House, $30) By the time he died, on May 23, 1937, six weeks shy of his 98th birthday, John D. Rockefeller Sr. had given away all but $26.4 million of a fortune so vast ...

William Avery Rockefeller, John D.’s father, ... But in the 1930s, the Rockefellers asked Winston to write John D.’s authorized biography. But he wanted a $250,000 advance.

Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Junior. It was the man in the middle, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (also known as "Junior") who radically changed the very identity of the family and the impact of its ...

The descendants of John D. Rockefeller, arguably the richest man in history, have left a lasting legacy spanning business, education, philanthropy and politics.

Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Junior. It was the man in the middle, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (also known as "Junior") who radically changed the very identity of the family and the impact of its ...