Luther Replogle

{{Short description|American businessman, diplomat and philanthropist}}

Luther Irvin “Rep” Replogle (March 2, 1902 Tyrone, Pennsylvania − July 3, 1981 Chicago, Illinois) was a businessman, diplomat, and philanthropist, and the founder of Replogle Globes and the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland from 1969 to 1972.{{cite web |title=Biography of Luther I. Replogle |url=https://reploglefoundation.org/about/biography-of-luther-i-replogle/ |website=Luther I. Replogle Foundation |accessdate=9 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=Luther Irvin Replogle (1902–1981) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/replogle-luther-irvin |website=Office of the Historian |accessdate=9 February 2020}}{{cite news |title=L.I. REPLOGLE DIES; FORMER AMBASSADOR AND A GLOBE MAKER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/04/obituaries/li-replogle-dies-former-ambassador-and-a-globe-maker.html |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=July 4, 1981}}

When he was five, his family moved to Altoona, Pennsylvania. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis for 2½ years, starting in 1920.

Replogle Globes was the largest globe manufacturing business in the world in the mid-20th century. He sold the company in 1959 but continued as President and Chief Operating Officer.