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371 famous people found
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Asa Griggs CANDLER
American business tycoon who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for US$1,750 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia
1851 - 1929 -
Jaclyn SMITH
American actress and businesswoman
1945 -
John Harvey KELLOGG
American medical doctor, nutritionist, inventor, health activist, anti-masturbation advocate, and businessman
1852 - 1943 -
Priscilla PRESLEY
American actress and businesswoman
1945 -
Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT, JR
American lawyer, politician, and businessman
1914 - 1988 -
Barron HILTON
American business magnate, socialite, and hotel heir
1927 -
L. Ron HUBBARD
American pulp fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology
1911 - 1986 -
Steve WOZNIAK
American computer engineer and programmer who co-founded Apple Computer
1950 -
Milton S. HERSHEY
American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist
1857 - 1945 -
Hugh HEFNER
American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises
1926 - 2017 -
Henry FORD
American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company
1863 - 1947 -
Victoria Principal
American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author
1950 -
Melvil Dewey
American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification
1851 - 1931 -
Don LEWIS
American missing person who disappeared on the morning of August 18, 1997, after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida
1938 - 2002 -
Thomas KEAN
American businessman, academic administrator and politician who served as the 48th Governor of New Jersey
1935 -
Burt BASKIN
American businessman who co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 with business partner and brother-in-law Irv Robbins
1913 - 1967 -
Phil KNIGHT
American business magnate and philanthropist, co-founder and current Chairman Emeritus of Nike, Inc.
1938 -
Martha STEWART
American businesswoman, writer, and television personality
1941 -
David EDGERTON
American entrepreneur, founder of the Burger King Corporation
1927 - 2018 -
Earl TUPPER
American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware
1907 - 1983