Thomas Edison11 February 1847, American
Inventor, Businessman
John D. Rockefeller08 July 1839, American
Businessman
Madam C. J. Walker23 December 1867, American
Entrepreneur
P. T. Barnum05 July 1810, American
American politician
Colonel Sanders09 September 1890, American
Founder of KFC
Henry Ford30 July 1863, American
Industrialist
William Randolph Hearst29 April 1863, American
Newspaper Baron
J. Paul Getty15 December 1892, British, American
Businessman
Alexander Graham Bell03 March 1847, Canadian, Scottish
Inventor of Telephone
Andrew Carnegie25 November 1835, American, Scottish
Industrialist, Businessman, Entrepreneur and a
J. P. Morgan17 April 1837, American
Financier
Jamsetji Tata03 March 1839, Indian
Father of Indian Industry
Cecil John Rhodes05 July 1853, British
Former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
Conrad Hilton25 December 1887, American
American Hotelier and Businessman
Enzo Ferrari18 February 1898, Italian
Italian racing driver
John Jacob Astor IV13 July 1864, American
Businessman
John D. Rockefeller Jr.29 January 1874, American
Philanthropist & Businessman
Otto Frank12 May 1889, Swiss, German, Dutch
Father of Anne Frank
John Harvey Kellogg26 February 1852, American
Doctor, Inventor
Ferdinand Porsche03 September 1875, Austrian, German, Hungarian
Founder of Porsche Automobile Company
Milton S. Hershey13 September 1857, American
Confectioner & Philanthropist
J. Bruce Ismay12 December 1862, British
Businessman
Mayer Amschel Rothschild23 February 1744, German
Banker
Robert Smalls05 April 1839, American
Politician
Isidor Straus06 February 1845, American
Businessman
Henri Fayol29 July 1841, French
Industrialist, Management Thinker
Anne Lister03 April 1791, British
Writer
George Hearst03 September 1820, American
Former United States Senator
George Westinghouse06 October 1846, American
Entrepreneur
Louis Vuitton04 August 1821, French
Businessman
Henry Clay Frick19 December 1849, American
Businessman
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Will Keith Kellogg07 April 1860, American
Founder of the Kellogg Company
Thomas Crapper28 September 1836, British
Businessman
Harry Warner12 December 1881, American
Executive
Karl Benz25 November 1844, German
Entrepreneur
Samuel Colt19 July 1814, American
Inventor
Eddie Rickenbacker08 October 1890, American
Aviator, Racecar Driver, Military Personnel
Asa Griggs Candler30 December 1851, American
Businessman
George Eastman12 July 1854, American
Inventor of Roll Film
Jay Gould27 May 1836, American
Businessman
William C. Durant09 December 1861, American
Entrepreneur
Sarah E. Goode1855 AD, American
Inventor
H. L. Hunt17 February 1889, American
Businessman
Jolie Gabor29 September 1896, American
Entrepreneur, Socialite
Louis Chevrolet25 December 1878, Swiss, American
Founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Charles M. Schwab18 February 1862, American
American Steel Magnate & Businessman
John Deere07 February 1804, American
Founder of 'Deere & Company'
Thomas Cook22 November 1808, British
Businessman
Alfred P. Sloan23 May 1875, American
CEO of General Motors Corporation
Samuel Insull11 November 1859, American
Business Magnate
Cyrus McCormick15 February 1809, American
Inventor of mechanical reaper
Werner von Siemens13 December 1816, German
Inventor
Ghanshyam Das Birla10 April 1894, Indian
Indian businessman
Leo Burnett21 October 1891, American
Businessman, Advertising Executive
Thomas C. Durant06 February 1820, American
Investor
Anthony Fokker06 April 1890, Dutch
Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft
James J. Hill16 September 1838, Canadian, American
Canadian-American railroad executive, Businessman
Louis Renault12 February 1877, French
Founder of Renault
George Crum15 July 1824, American
Chef
George Cadbury19 September 1839, British
Businessman
Andrew William Mellon24 March 1855, American
Industrialist, Philanthropist
Edwin Drake29 March 1819, American
Businessman
Louis Lumière05 October 1864, French
Inventor of Cinematographer
Alexander Turney Stewart12 October 1803, American
Entrepreneur
Auguste Lumière19 October 1862, French
Engineer
J. P. Morgan Jr.07 September 1867, American
Banker
George Stephen05 June 1829, Canadian, British, Scottish
Scots-Quebecker Banker, Railway Executive in
Charles F. Kettering29 August 1876, American
Inventor, Engineer & Businessman
James Young (Chemist)13 July 1811, Scottish
Chemist
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.06 September 1888, American
Business person
A'Lelia Walker06 June 1885, American
Businesswoman
Louis B. Mayer12 July 1884, Belarusian, Ukrainian, American
Film Producer
Prescott Bush15 May 1895, American
Politician
Jess McMahon26 May 1882, American
Boxer
C. W. Post26 October 1854, American
Nutritionist
Albert Göring09 March 1895, Austrian, German
Mechanical engineer
Timothy Dexter22 January 1747, American
Businessman
Seth Bullock23 July 1849, Canadian, American
Politician
William Henry Vanderbilt08 May 1821, American
Businessman
Dorabji Tata27 August 1859, Indian
Auguste Escoffier28 October 1846, French
Chef
Cornelius Vanderbilt II11 November 1843, American
Businessperson
Nathan Meyer Rothschild16 September 1777, German
Banker
Leland Stanford09 March 1824, American
Entrepreneur
James Forrestal15 February 1892, American
Officer, Banker, Investment banker
Harry Gordon Selfridge11 January 1856, British
business magnate
Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata1856 AD, Indian
Aviator
Kiichiro Toyoda11 June 1894, Japanese
Entrepreneur
Franklin Clarence Mars24 September 1883, American
Businessperson
Robert Wood Johnson I20 February 1845, American
Industrialist
Juan T. Trippe27 June 1899, American
Entrepreneur
Henry M. Flagler02 January 1830, American
Business Person
Samuel P. Bush04 October 1863, American
Businessperson
Elizabeth Arden31 December 1878, Canadian
Cosmetologist