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2008 Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act, dies
2006 Kenneth Lay, American Businessman 2005 Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman 2005 Wellington Mara, American Businessman 2005 John H. Johnson, American Businessman 2005 John T. Walton, American Businessman 2005 Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman 2005 Frank Perdue, American Businessman 2005 John DeLorean, American Businessman 2005 Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman 2004 Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77 2004 Marvin Davis, American Businessman 2004 J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman 2004 Joe Gold, American Businessman 2004 Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman 2003 Rand Brooks, actor/businessman, Gone With the Wind, dies at 84 2003 Mark McCormack, American Businessman 2003 Thomas Leonard, American Businessman 2003 Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman 2002 W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 2002 Jay Chiat, American Businessman 2002 Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81 2002 Stanley Marcus, American Businessman 2002 Dave Thomas, commercial icon/businessman, founded Wendy's, dies at 69 2001 Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83 2001 William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 2000 Gus Hall, American Businessman 2000 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1999 "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95 1999 Dave Longaberger, businessman, Basket company entrprenuer, dies at 64 1999 Jules Lederer, businessman, Budget Rent-A-Car, dies at 81 1998 Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91 1998 Gabe Paul, American Businessman 1997 Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman 1997 John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51 1997 George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher, dies at 88 1997 Harry B. Helmsley, businessman, Helmsley hotels, dies at 88 1996 Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81 1996 Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42 1996 Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79 1996 James Gulliver, businessman, dies at 66 1996 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67 1996 George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81 1996 James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70 1996 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87 1996 Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71 1996 David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73 1996 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 1996 Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76 1996 Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63 1996 David Schine, businessman, dies at 70 1996 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44 1996 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35 1996 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 1996 James Rouse, American Businessman 1996 Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79 1996 David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman, dies at 83 1996 Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84 1996 John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83 1995 Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman, dies at 85 1995 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday 1995 Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52 1995 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59 1995 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 1995 Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82 1995 Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58 1995 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 1995 Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1995 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61 1995 Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88 1995 Edward Bernays, Businessman 1995 John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman, dies at 91 1995 Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79 1994 John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59 1994 Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap 1994 Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81 1993 Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41) 1993 Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to President Aristide, murdered 1992 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79 1992 Arthur Lang, U.S. boxer/businessman, dies at 115 1991 Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies 1990 William S. Paley, American Businessman 1990 Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman 1989 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman 1988 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman 1988 Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75 1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland 1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks 1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 1982 Neil Bogart, American Businessman 1981 Walter Knott, American Businessman 1981 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1981 Frank Lane, American Businessman 1980 James S. McDonnell, American Businessman 1979 Walter Legge, British Businessman 1977 Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped 1977 Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician, dies at 78 1977 Nat Friedman, American Businessman 1976 J. Paul Getty, American Businessman 1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman 1974 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman 1974 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55 1973 Sergey Brin, American Businessman 1973 Larry Page, American Businessman 1973 Drew Curtis, American Businessman 1972 Bo Bennett, American Businessman 1971 Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1971 Marc Andreessen, American Businessman 1971 Alex Chiu, American Businessman 1970 Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman 1969 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman 1969 Charles Edison, American Businessman 1966 Jimmy Wales, American Businessman 1966 Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman 1966 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1965 Bernard Baruch, American Businessman 1965 Jeff Zucker, American Businessman 1965 Michael Dell, American Businessman 1964 William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1964 Jeff Bezos, American Businessman 1963 Eric Johnston, American Businessman 1963 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman 1963 3 New Jersey businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to New Jersey Meadowlands (Devils) 1962 Owen D. Young, American Businessman 1962 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 1962 Rob Glaser, American Businessman 1961 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1961 Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman 1960 Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman 1960 Mark Burnett, American Businessman 1960 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman 1959 Brian Roberts, American Businessman 1958 Hilary Rosen, American Businessman 1958 Steve Case, American Businessman 1958 Mark Cuban, American Businessman 1957 Russell Simmons, American Businessman 1957 Mukesh Ambani, Indian Businessman 1956 Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman 1956 Meg Whitman, American Businessman 1956 Steve Ballmer, American Businessman 1955 Thomas Leonard, American Businessman 1955 Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1955 Al-Waleed bin Talal, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, member of the Saudi Royal Family, businessman 1955 Jim Cramer, American Businessman 1955 Neil Bush, American Businessman 1954 Scott McNealy, American Businessman 1954 Carly Fiorina, American Businessman 1953 Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter 1953 George Herbert Walker, American Businessman 1953 Rick Wagoner, American Businessman 1953 Paul Allen, American Businessman 1952 Gary Bettman, American Businessman 1952 Clayton Christensen, American Businessman 1952 Philip Green, British Businessman 1952 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner 1951 John Doerr, American Businessman 1951 Robert Iger, American Businessman 1950 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman 1949 Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman 1949 Bernard Arnault, French Businessman 1949 Franklin Raines, American Businessman 1948 Les Moonves, American Businessman 1947 Steve Forbes, American Businessman 1946 Andrew Gould, Businessman 1946 John T. Walton, American Businessman 1946 Pete Coors, American Businessman 1946 John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1945 Erskine Bowles, American Businessman 1945 Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman 1945 John Richard Patterson, businessman 1945 Donald Graham, U.S. businessman 1944 Steve Crocker, American Businessman 1944 Conrad Black, British Businessman 1944 Larry Ellison, American Businessman 1944 Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman 1944 Peter Lynch, American Businessman 1943 Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman 1943 David Geffen, American Businessman 1943 Neil Bogart, American Businessman 1943 Jim Barksdale, American Businessman 1942 Jim Rogers, American Businessman 1942 John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman 1942 Kenneth Lay, American Businessman 1942 Lou Gerstner, American Businessman 1942 Louis Gerstner, American Businessman 1941 Brian Lamb, American Businessman 1941 Bernie Ebbers, Canadian Businessman 1941 Bernard Ebbers, Canadian Businessman 1941 Phil Condit, American Businessman 1941 James P. Hoffa, American Businessman 1941 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman 1941 Tom Mann, British Businessman 1940 Jesse Livermore, American Businessman 1940 Roger Ailes, American Businessman 1940 James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1939 Peter Camejo, American Businessman 1939 Phil Spector, American Businessman 1939 Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1938 Bob Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Lee R. Raymond, American Businessman 1938 Philip Knight, American Businessman 1938 Phil Knight, American Businessman 1937 Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman 1937 Andrew Mellon, American Businessman 1937 John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1936 Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman 1936 Douglas John Gorman, businessman 1935 Robert Crandall, American Businessman 1935 Jack Welch, American Businessman 1935 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer 1935 Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal 1935 Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977 1934 John J. Sweeney, American Businessman 1933 James Wolfensohn, Australian Businessman 1933 Texas Guinan, American Businessman 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 James Loeb, American Businessman 1933 Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman 1932 Tertius Metcalf, businessman 1932 Stephen Covey, American Businessman 1932 William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist 1932 Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman 1932 Richard Scaife, American Businessman 1932 Clive Davis, American Businessman 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1932 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman 1931 Allen Klein, American Businessman 1931 Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects 1931 Drew Lewis, American Businessman 1931 Jay Chiat, American Businessman 1931 Dwight Morrow, American Businessman 1931 Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman 1931 Herb Kelleher, American Businessman 1931 Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1930 Mark McCormack, American Businessman 1930 Warren Buffett, American Businessman 1930 James Gulliver, businessman 1930 George Soros, Hungarian Businessman 1930 Ross Perot, American Businessman 1929 Berry Gordy, American Businessman 1929 Joseph Jackson, American Businessman 1929 Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman 1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian Businessman 1929 Gordon Moore, American Businessman 1928 Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman 1928 Arnold Rothstein, A R, U.S. businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 1928 Li Ka Shing, Chinese Businessman 1928 T. Boone Pickens, American Businessman 1927 David Schine, businessman 1926 Arthur Rock, American Businessman 1926 Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1926 Martin Peake, born in England, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act 1926 James Whitman McLamore, businessman 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1926 Ken Olsen, American Businessman 1925 Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector 1925 Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire 1925 James E. Burke, American Businessman 1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1925 John DeLorean, American Businessman 1924 Lee Iacocca, American Businessman 1924 Allen Neuharth, American Businessman 1923 Sumner Redstone, American Businessman 1922 George Cadbury, American Businessman 1922 David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician 1922 David Nicolson, businessman/politician 1922 Joe Gold, American Businessman 1921 George Stephen, Canadian Businessman 1921 Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman 1920 Quinton Hazell, businessman 1920 Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman 1920 Frank Perdue, American Businessman 1919 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman 1919 Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman 1918 NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn 1918 John H. Johnson, American Businessman 1917 Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman 1917 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman 1916 Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman 1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman 1916 Wellington Mara, American Businessman 1916 James J. Hill, American Businessman 1916 Ryoei Saito, businessman 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1915 Joseph Kagan, businessman 1915 David Rockefeller, American Businessman 1915 Jack Perry, businessman 1915 George Brian Snape, businessman and rugby league entrepreneur 1914 Richard W. Sears, American Businessman 1914 James Rouse, American Businessman 1913 Joseph Peter Grace, businessman 1913 William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 1913 Henry Flagler, American Businessman 1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds 1912 Joseph Fattorini, businessman 1912 David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman 1912 John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman 1911 Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies 1911 Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman 1910 Gus Hall, American Businessman 1910 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 1910 Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman 1910 Gabe Paul, American Businessman 1909 Peter Drucker, American Businessman 1909 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1909 Shawn Fanning, American Businessman 1909 J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman 1909 Guy Kawasaki, American Businessman 1909 Howard Schultz, American Businessman 1909 Andrew Heyward, American Businessman 1909 Mitch Kapor, American Businessman 1909 Lee Scott, American Businessman 1909 Richard Grasso, American Businessman 1909 Terry Semel, American Businessman 1909 Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman 1909 James R. Bath, American Businessman 1909 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman 1909 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman 1908 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1908 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome 1908 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher 1908 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman 1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman 1906 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman 1906 Richard Tangye, British Businessman 1906 Walter Legge, British Businessman 1905 Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman 1905 Stanley Marcus, American Businessman 1905 Jay Cooke, American Businessman 1903 John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman 1903 Marvin Bower, American Businessman 1903 Fairfax Cone, American Businessman 1902 W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 1901 William S. Paley, American Businessman 1901 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas 1899 Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman 1899 James S. McDonnell, American Businessman 1898 Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician 1897 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1896 Eric Johnston, American Businessman 1896 Frank Lane, American Businessman 1896 Abram N Pritzker, U.S. businessman, Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine 1894 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman 1893 Harlow H. Curtice, Businessman 1892 J. Paul Getty, American Businessman 1891 Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1890 Charles Edison, American Businessman 1890 Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1889 Walter Knott, American Businessman 1889 H. L. Hunt, American Businessman, Texas oil multi-millionaire 1887 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman 1885 Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida 1884 Texas Guinan, American Businessman 1882 Henry J. Kaiser, American Businessman 1880 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman 1879 Daniel Drew, American Businessman 1879 William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1878 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman 1877 Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1877 Jesse Livermore, American Businessman 1877 Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115 1876 Titus Salt, English Businessman 1875 George Herbert Walker, American Businessman 1875 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1874 Owen D. Young, American Businessman 1874 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman 1873 Dwight Morrow, American Businessman 1870 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman 1870 Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1868 Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman 1867 James Loeb, American Businessman 1864 George Pierce Doles, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 34 1863 Paul Jones Semmes, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 48 1862 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman 1862 Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1857 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan 1856 Tom Mann, British Businessman 1855 Andrew Mellon, American Businessman 1850 Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman 1848 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1845 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 1844 Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman 1839 George Cadbury, American Businessman 1838 James J. Hill, American Businessman 1835 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S., businessman/biologist/geology 1833 Richard Tangye, British Businessman 1830 Henry Flagler, American Businessman 1829 George Stephen, Canadian Businessman 1821 Jay Cooke, American Businessman 1817 Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1812 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German Businessman 1806 Timothy Dexter, American Businessman 1804 Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1803 Titus Salt, English Businessman 1797 Daniel Drew, American Businessman 1791 Isaac Low, American Businessman 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol 1775 Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1769 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer 1748 Timothy Dexter, American Businessman 1735 Isaac Low, American Businessman 1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland |
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