Business and Inventions

1,169 famous people found

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  Dom PERIGNON

  French Benedictine monk

  1639 - 1715
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  Jim HENSON

  American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets

  1936 - 1990
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  Nellie BLY

  American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days

  1864 - 1922
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  Nikola TESLA

  Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist

  1856 - 1943
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  Jessica ALBA

  American actress and businesswoman

  1981
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  Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER

  Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, author, and former politician and professional bodybuilder

  1947
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  Sergey BRIN

  American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Google

  1973
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  Mark ZUCKERBERG

  American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

  1984
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  Jared KUSHNER

  American investor, real-estate developer, and newspaper publisher who is currently senior advisor to his father-in-law, Donald Trump

  1981
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  Diane KEATON

  American actress, director, producer, photographer, real estate developer, author and singer

  1946
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  Ted TURNER

  American media mogul and philanthropist, founder of the Cable News Network (CNN)

  1938
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  John MCAFEE

  British-American computer programmer and businessman

  1945
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  Steve JOBS

  American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, industrial designer, chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc.

  1955 - 2011
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  Alexander Graham BELL

  Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone

  1847 - 1922
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  Stephanie MCMAHON

  American businesswoman, professional wrestling valet, professional wrestler and the Chief Brand Officer (CBO) of WWE

  1976
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  George SOROS

  Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, political activist, and author

  1930
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  John BROWNING

  American firearms designer

  1855 - 1926
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  Jean-Paul GUERLAIN

  French perfumer

  1937
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  Kevin COSTNER

  American actor, singer, musician, producer, director and businessman

  1955
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  Ivanka TRUMP

  American businesswoman, writer, heiress, and former model

  1981