Business and Inventions
708 famous people found
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Reed Hastings
American billionaire businessman, co-founder, and executive chairman of Netflix, Inc.
1960 -
Melvil Dewey
American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification
1851 - 1931 -
William Blount
American Founding Father, statesman, farmer, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution
1749 - 1800 -
John Hart
American Founding Father, farmer, and politician
1713 - 1779 -
Chris Hughes
American entrepreneur who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook
1983 -
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur
1981 -
Ambrose BURNSIDE
American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island
1824 - 1881 -
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 -
Kat VON D
American tattoo artist, model, musician, author, entrepreneur, and television personality
1982 -
Nipsey HUSSLE
American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur
1985 - 2019 -
Kellyanne CONWAY
American pollster, political consultant, and pundit who serves as counselor to the president in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump
1967 -
Elon MUSK
Engineer, industrial designer, and technology entrepreneur, founder, CEO and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX
1971 -
Karlie KLOSS
American model and entrepreneur
1992 -
Phil KNIGHT
American business magnate and philanthropist, co-founder and current Chairman Emeritus of Nike, Inc.
1938 -
Michael J. LINDELL
American businessman, inventor and CEO of My Pillow, Inc.
1961 -
Kate SPADE
American fashion designer and businesswoman
1962 - 2018 -
Martha STEWART
American businesswoman, writer, and television personality
1941 -
David EDGERTON
American entrepreneur, founder of the Burger King Corporation
1927 - 2018