Founders of the petroleum industry

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)

Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer (1822-1882)

Armenian businessman, art collector and philanthropist (1869-1955)

Swedish businessman (1829–1896)

American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States (1819-1880)

oil entrepreneur magnate, one of the founders of British Oil (1849–1917)

Canadian physician and geologist (1797–1864)

British entrepreneur and politician (1853-1927)

Kuwaiti scientist and activist

American businessman (1840–1909)

American politician (1841-1915)

Malaysian politician

American businessman and philanthropist (1830-1891)

professor of chemistry, Yale University (1816–1885)