Business and Inventions
763 famous people found
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Jay Gould
American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age
1836 - 1892 -
Edward Cooper
American politician, 83rd Mayor of New York City, second president of the Cooper Union
1824 - 1905 -
Sam Bankman-Fried
American entrepreneur, investor and former billionaire
1992 -
Abram Hewitt
American politician, educator, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer who was 87th Mayor of New York City
1822 - 1903 -
Mansel Carter
American businessman and prospector
1902 - 1987 -
Charles Elmer Hires
American pharmacist and an early promoter of commercially prepared root beer
1851 - 1937 -
John C. Lincoln
American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist
1866 - 1959 -
Harold M. Stratton
American engineer and businessman
1879 - 1962 -
Stephen Foster Briggs
American engineer and entrepreneur
1885 - 1976 -
Robert P. McCulloch
American entrepreneur
1911 - 1977 -
Jack Swilling
Early pioneer in the Arizona Territory, commonly credited as one of the original founders of the city of Phoenix, Arizona
1830 - 1878 -
Charles F. Kettering
American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents
1876 - 1958 -
Barbara Lawrence
American model, actress, and real estate agent
1930 - 2013 -
Keith McNally
American restaurateur and businessman
1951 -
Benjamin T. Babbitt
American businessman and inventor
1809 - 1889 -
Harmon Dobson
American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the fast food chain Whataburger
1913 - 1967 -
Robert B. Anderson
American administrator, politician, and businessman
1910 - 1989 -
Ron Johnson
American accountant, businessman, and politician
1955 -
Tim Michels
American politician and businessman
1962 -
Enoch PRATT
American businessman and philanthropist
1808 - 1896