John D. Rockefeller was born into modest circumstances in 1839, the son of an itinerant snake oil salesman who called himself ...

Michael Clark Rockefeller (inset top), son of Nelson Rockefeller ... John D. Rockefeller III, the father of West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, died in a three-way car crash in Mount Pleasant in 1978.

IF JOHN D. Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan were alive, how would they celebrate Father’s Day? Or, perhaps more to the point, would they be celebrating it at all? Splendid new biographies o… ...

There’s rich, there’s wealthy, and then there’s John D. Rockefeller. Considered by many to be the most financially-prosperous individual in modern history with an estimated $900,000,000 bank ...

Richard Rockefeller, son of philanthropist David Rockefeller and great-grandson of Standard Oil founder and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, was killed Friday in the crash of a single-engine ...

It starts in Cleveland, Ohio,in the 1850s, where young John D. Rockefeller's family settled after moving from upstate New York, due to the wanderings of John D.'s traveling-salesman father.

Rockefeller, the last surviving grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., died in his sleep of congestive heart failure.

For example, John D. Rockefeller helped establish the University of Chicago by providing a large portion of the initial endowment. Between 1890 and 1910, he contributed $35 million to the university.

PURCHASE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Dr. Richard Rockefeller, the great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller, died Friday morning in a plane crash near Westchester County Airport.