Spreckels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Claus Spreckels
Adolph Claus J. Spreckels (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) (his last name has also been misspelled as Spreckles) was a major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican and territorial periods of the islands' history. He also in ...
, founder of the
Spreckels Sugar Company
The Spreckels Sugar Company is an American sugar beet refiner that for many years controlled much of the U.S. West Coast refined sugar market. It is currently headquartered in Brawley, California.
History
The Spreckels Sugar Company was founded by ...
, at one time considered the King of Sugar
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John D. Spreckels
John Diedrich Spreckels (August 16, 1853 – June 7, 1926), the son of German-American industrialist Claus Spreckels, founded a transportation and real estate empire in San Diego, California, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The entrepr ...
, son of Claus Spreckels and entrepreneur
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Adolph B. Spreckels
Adolph Bernard Spreckels (January 5, 1857 – June 28, 1924) was a California businessman who ran Spreckels Sugar Company and who donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor art museum to the city of San Francisco in 1924. His wife Alma ...
, son of Claus Spreckels and an entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Alma de Bretteville Spreckels
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (March 24, 1881 – August 7, 1968) was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. She was known both as "Big Alma" (she was tall) and "The Great Grandmother of San Francisco". Among her ma ...
, socialite, philanthropist, and wife of Adolph B. Spreckels
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Judy Spreckels Judy Spreckels (née Powell, December 9, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an American writer, publisher and trial historian. She was a friend of Elvis Presley during the rock 'n' roll singer's rise to stardom.
Spreckels' relationship with Elvis Pres ...
, writer, publisher, trial historian and former friend of Elvis Presley
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