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221 famous people found
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Joseph de MONTGOLFIER
Inventor of the montgolfière style hot air balloon
1740 - 1810 -
Étienne de MONTGOLFIER
Inventor of the montgolfière style hot air balloon
1745 - 1799 -
Elihu YALE
British merchant, slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School in the Colony of Connecticut, which in 1718 was renamed Yale College in his honor
1649 - 1721 -
Antoine Brutus MENIER
French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers
1795 - 1853 -
Harrison Gray OTIS
American businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists
1765 - 1848 -
Eliphalet REMINGTON
Founder of Remington Arms Co., Inc.
1793 - 1861 -
Marie TUSSAUD
French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussaud's, the wax museum she founded in London
1761 - 1850 -
Nathaniel Gorham
American Founding Father, merchant, and politician
1738 - 1796 -
Daniel Carroll
American politician and plantation owner from Maryland and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
1730 - 1796 -
Champagne BOLLINGER
French businessman, founder of Champagne Bollinger
1763 - 1840 -
Anthony COLBY
American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of New Hampshire
1792 - 1873 -
Joseph Marie JACQUARD
French weaver and merchant
1752 - 1834 -
Jacques-Constantin PERIER
French businessman
1742 - 1818 -
Denis EPITALON
French businessman
1794 - 1874 -
Jean-Baptiste GUIMET
French industrial chemist
1795 - 1871 -
Vital ROUX
French businessman
1766 - 1846 -
Barthélémy BAROU DE LA LOMBARDIÈRE DE CANSON
French politician
1774 - 1858 -
Jean ZUBER
French industrialist
1773 - 1852 -
Jean-Pierre DE BATZ
French royalist and businessman
1754 - 1822 -
Aymé-Stanislas DARBLAY
French businessman
1794 - 1878