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2006 Kenneth Lay, 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 Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman

2005 Wellington Mara, 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 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman

2000 Gus Hall, American 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 John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51

1997 George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher, dies at 88

1997 Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman

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/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 Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75

1988 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman

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 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman

1981 Frank Lane, American Businessman

1981 Walter Knott, 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 Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55

1974 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman

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 Charles Edison, American Businessman

1969 Leonard Chess, Polish 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 Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman

1961 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman

1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman

1960 Mark Burnett, American Businessman

1960 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1960 Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman

1959 Brian Roberts, American Businessman

1958 Steve Case, American Businessman

1958 Mark Cuban, American Businessman

1958 Hilary Rosen, American Businessman

1957 Mukesh Ambani, Indian Businessman

1957 Russell Simmons, American Businessman

1956 Meg Whitman, American Businessman

1956 Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

1956 Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman

1955 Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington billionaire CEO, Microsoft

1955 Thomas Leonard, American Businessman

1955 Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer

1955 Jim Cramer, American Businessman

1955 Neil Bush, American Businessman

1954 Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

1954 Scott McNealy, 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

1949 Les Moonves, American Businessman

1947 Steve Forbes, American Businessman

1947 Henry Ford, American Businessman

1946 Pete Coors, American Businessman

1946 Andrew Gould, Businessman

1946 John T. Walton, American Businessman

1945 Erskine Bowles, American Businessman

1945 Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman

1945 John Richard Patterson, businessman

1945 Donald Graham, U.S. businessman

1944 Conrad Black, British Businessman

1944 Larry Ellison, American Businessman

1944 Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman

1944 Peter Lynch, American Businessman

1943 David Geffen, American Businessman

1943 Neil Bogart, American Businessman

1943 Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

1943 Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

1942 John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman

1942 Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

1942 Lou Gerstner, American Businessman

1942 Louis Gerstner, American Businessman

1942 Jim Rogers, 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 Brian Lamb, American Businessman

1940 Roger Ailes, American Businessman

1940 Jesse Livermore, American Businessman

1940 Phil Spector, American Businessman

1939 Peter Camejo, 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 Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

1937 John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

1937 Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman

1936 Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman

1936 Douglas John Gorman, businessman

1935 Jack Welch, American Businessman

1935 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman

1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer

1935 Robert Crandall, American Businessman

1934 John J. Sweeney, American Businessman

1934 Gordon Getty, American Businessman

1933 James Loeb, American Businessman

1933 Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

1933 James Wolfensohn, Australian 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 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman

1931 Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects

1931 Herb Kelleher, American Businessman

1931 Jay Chiat, American Businessman

1931 Allen Klein, American Businessman

1931 Dwight Morrow, American Businessman

1931 Drew Lewis, American Businessman

1930 Warren Buffett, American Businessman

1930 James Gulliver, businessman

1930 George Soros, Hungarian Businessman

1930 Ross Perot, American Businessman

1930 Mark McCormack, American Businessman

1929 Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

1929 Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

1929 Berry Gordy, American 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 James Whitman McLamore, businessman

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 John DeLorean, American Businessman

1924 Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

1924 Allen Neuharth, American Businessman

1922 David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician

1922 David Nicolson, businessman/politician

1922 Joe Gold, American Businessman

1922 George Cadbury, American Businessman

1921 Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman

1921 George Stephen, Canadian 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 Robert Mondavi, 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/businessman

1912 John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman

1911 Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies

1911 Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman

1910 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74

1910 Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman

1910 Gus Hall, American Businessman

1910 Gabe Paul, 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 Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman

1909 James R. Bath, American Businessman

1909 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman

1909 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman

1909 Peter Drucker, American Businessman

1908 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome

1908 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher

1908 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman

1908 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman

1907 Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman

1906 Walter Legge, British Businessman

1906 Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman

1906 Richard Tangye, 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 Frank Lane, American Businessman

1896 Eric Johnston, 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 H. L. Hunt, American Businessman, Texas oil multi-millionaire

1889 Walter Knott, American Businessman

1887 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman

1885 Charles E. Merrill, 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

1875 George Herbert Walker, American Businessman

1875 Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman

1874 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1874 Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1873 Dwight Morrow, American Businessman

1870 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

1868 Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman

1867 James Loeb, American Businessman

1864 George Pierce Doles, U.S. businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34

1863 Paul Jones Semmes, U.S. businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48

1863 Richard W. Sears, American Businessman

1862 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman

1862 Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman

1857 Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan

1855 Andrew Mellon, American 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

1804 Alvin Adams, American 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

1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder, House of Rothschild

1735 Isaac Low, American Businessman

1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland



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