Business and Inventions

759 famous people found

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  Victoria Principal

  American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author

  1950
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  Reed Hastings

  American billionaire businessman, co-founder, and executive chairman of Netflix, Inc.

  1960
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  Melvil Dewey

  American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification

  1851 - 1931
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  William Blount

  American Founding Father, statesman, farmer, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution

  1749 - 1800
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  John Hart

  American Founding Father, farmer, and politician

  1713 - 1779
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  Chris Hughes

  American entrepreneur who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook

  1983
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  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur

  1981
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  Ambrose BURNSIDE

  American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island

  1824 - 1881
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  Don LEWIS

  American missing person who disappeared on the morning of August 18, 1997, after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida

  1938 - 2002
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  Thomas KEAN

  American businessman, academic administrator and politician who served as the 48th Governor of New Jersey

  1935
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  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
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  Kat VON D

  American tattoo artist, model, musician, author, entrepreneur, and television personality

  1982
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  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
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  Nipsey HUSSLE

  American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur

  1985 - 2019
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  Karlie KLOSS

  American model and entrepreneur

  1992
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  Phil KNIGHT

  American business magnate and philanthropist, co-founder and current Chairman Emeritus of Nike, Inc.

  1938
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  Michael J. LINDELL

  American businessman, inventor and CEO of My Pillow, Inc.

  1961
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  Kate SPADE

  American fashion designer and businesswoman

  1962 - 2018
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  Martha STEWART

  American businesswoman, writer, and television personality

  1941
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  David EDGERTON

  American entrepreneur, founder of the Burger King Corporation

  1927 - 2018