April 12, 1817 - Antonio López y López

Antonio López y López, 1st Marquess of Comillas, GE (1817 in Comillas – 1883 in Barcelona), was a Spanish businessman, slave trader and shipping magnate. He was the founder of several important companies and one of the world's wealthiest individuals in the second half of the nineteenth century.

After his death, his son Claudio López Bru took over the responsibility of running the companies his father had founded.

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