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786 famous people found
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Leo Fender
American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
1909 - 1991 -
Carl Benz
German engine designer and automotive engineer
1844 - 1929 -
Anthony FOKKER
Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer
1890 - 1939 -
Louis CHEVROLET
Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911
1878 - 1941 -
Brian Epstein
British music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967
1934 - 1967 -
Léon GAUMONT
French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry
1864 - 1946 -
Bernie Madoff
American fraudster and financier
1938 - 2021 -
Les Paul
American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor
1915 - 2009 -
Bruce McLaren
New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor
1937 - 1970 -
Jim HENSON
American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets
1936 - 1990 -
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 -
Nikola TESLA
Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist
1856 - 1943 -
Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER
Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, author, and former politician and professional bodybuilder
1947 -
Diane KEATON
American actress, director, producer, photographer, real estate developer, author and singer
1946 -
Ted TURNER
American media mogul and philanthropist, founder of the Cable News Network (CNN)
1938 -
John MCAFEE
British-American computer programmer and businessman
1945 - 2021 -
Alexander Graham BELL
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone
1847 - 1922 -
George SOROS
Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, political activist, and author
1930 -
John BROWNING
American firearms designer
1855 - 1926 -
Jean-Paul GUERLAIN
French perfumer
1937