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498 famous people found
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J. Paul GETTY
Anglo-American industrialist, founder of the Getty Oil Company
1892 - 1976 -
Douglas SHEARER
Canadian-born pioneer sound designer and recording director
1899 - 1971 -
Alfred FULLER
Canadian-born American businessman
1885 - 1973 -
Buckminster FULLER
American systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist
1895 - 1983 -
Will Keith KELLOGG
American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company
1860 - 1951 -
Jozef Jacob INDEKEU
Belgian brewer
1888 - 1972 -
Frank GANNETT
American newspaper publisher, founder of Gannett media corporation
1876 - 1957 -
Geoffrey DE HAVILLAND
British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer
1882 - 1965 -
Lee DEFOREST
American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit
1873 - 1961 -
James DOLE
American industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii
1877 - 1958 -
Léon TURCAT
French industrialist
1874 - 1965 -
Robert ESNAULT-PELTERIE
Pioneering French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist
1881 - 1957 -
Henri CHAPRON
French automobile coachbuilder
1886 - 1978 -
René COUZINET
French engineer and inventor
1904 - 1956 -
Herbert E. IVES
American scientist and engineer who headed the development of facsimile and television systems at AT&T
1882 - 1953 -
Edouard BELIN
Invented a phototelegraphic apparatus called the Bélinographe, a system for sending photographs over telephone and telegraphic networks
1876 - 1963 -
James Cash PENNEY
American businessman and entrepreneur who, in 1902, founded the J.C. Penney stores
1875 - 1971 -
Dylan LAUREN
Owner and President of Dylan's Candy Bar
1974 -
David LAUREN
Senior Vice President of Polo Ralph Lauren
1971 -
Lady DE ROTHSCHILD
Chief executive officer of E.L. Rothschild
1954