 | Aaron A. Wyn, born Aaron Weinstein, was an American publisher. He edited pulp magazines for... more » |
 | Albert Belmont Graham was born in Lena, Ohio. He was a country schoolmaster and agriculture... more » |
.jpg/196px-Prabhupada_singing_(Germany_1974).jpg "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada") | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was a Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher and the... more » |
 | Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill... more » |
 | Sri Lankabhimanya Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne is the founder and president of the Sarvodaya... more » |
| A. Thorenaar is the co-founder of the Dutch organization Consumentenbond. more » |
 | The Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr. was a notable divine and educator in colonial America. He was a... more » |
| Aaron was born in a small town on the right side of the tracks. He was an inquisitive child and... more » |
 | Aaron Roe Fulkerson is an information technology businessman and founder of MindTouch, Inc... more » |
| Aaron Mandell, co-founder and senior vice president of technology at GreatPoint Energy,... more » |
| Aaron Weber is a film producer. more » |
 | Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth... more » |
| Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich was an American socialite, philanthropist, wife of John D... more » |
 | Abd Al Aziz Awda, also known as Sheik Odeh has Palestinian citizenship and is one of the... more » |
| Abdelhak Layada, also known as Abu Adlane, was one of the founders of Algeria's militant... more » |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi, ahb-duh-rah-MAHN ahl-ah-MOO-dee; also known as Abdurahman Alamoudi is a... more » |
 | Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi, NI, LPP, RMA, IBP, GPA, MSP, or Maulana Edhi, is a prominent Pakistani... more » |
 | Abdullah Cevdet, Ottoman Turkish: عبدالله جودت was an Ottoman intellectual and a medical doctor... more » |
| Abdullah Sungkar founded and led Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist terrorist and separatist... more » |
| Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani was born on the Philippine island of Basilan to a Muslim-Christian... more » |
| Abhinash Chandra Bhattacharyya was an important leader in Revolutionary movement for Indian... more » |
 | Dr. Abraham M. George is an Indian-American businessman, academic, and philanthropist. He is the... more » |
| Vay Ábrahám is the founder of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. more » |
 | Abraham Vereide was a Norwegian-born Methodist clergyman and founder of Goodwill Industries of... more » |
| Abraham Zapruder was an American manufacturer of women's clothing, but was best known for his... more » |
 | Abraham-Louis Breguet or Bréguet, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, was a horologist who made many... more » |
 | Absalom Jones was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman. After founding a black... more » |
| Absalon or Axel was a Danish archbishop and statesman, who was the Bishop of Roskilde from 1158... more » |
 | Abu Bakar Bashir is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen... more » |
.jpg/225px-Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi_(1966-2006).jpg "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi") | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; October 30, 1966 – June 7, 2006, born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh... more » |
| Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri was the nom de guerre of Ali Amin al-Rashidi, one of the "most capable... more » |
| Ada Boselli was the founder of FB-Mondial. more » |
| Ada DeBold is the founder of the National Kidney Foundation. more » |
 | Adam Bly is the creator of Seed. He is currently Visiting Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy... more » |
| Adam Bosworth is a former Vice President of Product Management at Google Inc. from 2004–2007;... more » |
 | Adam de Brome was an almoner to King Edward II and founder of Oriel College in Oxford,... more » |
| Adam E. Cornelius was one of the co-founders of the American Steamship Company. more » |
| Adam Fletcher is a leading advocate, author, motivational speaker, and educator focused on youth... more » |
| Adam Kenwright is a theatrical producer. more » |
 | Adam Opel was the founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG. more » |
 | Adam Osborne was a Thailand-born British-American author, book and software publisher, and... more » |
| Adam Shapiro is an American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, a... more » |
| Adam founded Taboola based on a vision that the ability to match between the most relevant video... more » |
| Adam Somlai-Fischer born 1976 in Budapest is an architect and interaction designer interested in... more » |
| Adam Spiegel is a theatrical producer. more » |
| Adam Werbach, is an environmental activist, author, and entrepreneur. In 1996, Werbach became... more » |
| Ade Olonoh is a co-founder of Formspring.me, Inc. more » |
 | Adelaide Hoodless née Addie Hunter was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the... more » |
| Adelina Tattilo is acknowledged to be a pioneer in the Italian erotic magazine publishing... more » |
 | Adeo Ressi is an entrepreneur. more » |
| Adnan Çelik is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Adnan Hikmat oglu Hajizada is an Azerbaijani blogger and one of the founders of OL! Azerbaijani... more » |
 | Adolf "Adi" Dassler was the founder of the German sportswear company Adidas. Trained as a... more » |
| Adolf Gundersen was a Norwegian born American physician and founder of Gundersen Lutheran... more » |
 | Adolf Schoepe was a German-American inventor and businessman. Schoepe, a master metalworker with... more » |
| Adolfo Meléndez was a Spanish footballer who founded, and then became President of, Real... more » |
| Adolph Herman Joseph Coors, Sr. was a German American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors... more » |
| Adolph P. Schuman was a prominent San Francisco businessman. He is the founder and president of... more » |
| Adriaan Deking Dura is one of the founders of Triodos Bank. more » |
| Adrian Bryan-Brown is a leading press agent and theatrical promoter based in Manhattan, New... more » |
| Adrian Dalsey was a co-founder of DHL, a shipping company. He was born in Illinois on Oct 14th,... more » |
| Adrian Hilti is the co-founder of Busuu Online S.L. more » |
| Adrian Jackson is the founder-director and chief executive of a unique theatre company,... more » |
| Adrian Letts is a co-founder of blinkbox Entertainment Limited. more » |
| Adrian Turcotte is a founder of Odyssey Productions. more » |
| Adrian Zecha is an Indonesian hotelier who is best known as the co-founder of Regent... more » |
| Adriano Cavalieri Ducati is the founder of Italian motorcycles company, Ducati. more » |
 | Jean Adrien Philippe was French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of... more » |
| Adrienne Mitchell is a film and television director and producer and a screenwriter. more » |
 | Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell,... more » |
 | Kyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan, born Muhammad Darwis, was an Indonesian Islamic revivalist who... more » |
| Ahmed Fevzi Pasha is a founder of Turkish Military Academy. more » |
| Ahmed Jibril is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine –... more » |
 | Ahmed Maher is one of the co-founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, and a prominent participant... more » |
| Ahmet Abakay is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ahmet Bozkurt Çağlar is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ahmet H.Kırım is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ahmet Tahtakılıç is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Akiva or "Aki" Orr was an Israeli writer and political activist. He was an outspoken critic of... more » |
| Akın Birdal is a Turkish human rights activist and politician. He was a member of the Grand... more » |
 | Akira Maeda, born Go Il-myeong, is a retired Japanese professional wrestler of Korean descent,... more » |
| Al Clark, along with Erik Prince, was the founder of the private security firm Blackwater. Clark... more » |
| Al Johnson is one of the founders of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. more » |
| Al Ketzler is the founder and first president of Tanana Chiefs Conference. more » |
 | Adolph "Al" Schwimmer was an American-born Israeli engineer and businessman. He was the founder... more » |
| Al Whittaker founded the non-profit organization Opportunity International and helped to... more » |
.JPG/190px-Alain_Cayzac_(cropped).JPG "Alain Cayzac") | Alain Cayzac, born in Évreux, Eure on 2 June 1941 is a French advertising agent and was the... more » |
| Alain Maquet is senior vice president, Ingram Micro Inc. and president, Ingram Micro Latin... more » |
| Alan Aderem, PhD, is a biologist, specializing in immunology and cell biology. Dr. Aderem's... more » |
| Alan Bruce Slifka was a New York investor and philanthropist, a co-founder of the Abraham Fund... more » |
| Alan Bond is a mechanical and aerospace engineer, as well as Managing Director of Reaction... more » |
 | Alan Edgar Bristow, OBE, FRAeS, founded one of the world's largest helicopter service companies,... more » |
| Alan E. Salzman is a lawyer and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder of VantagePoint Capital... more » |
| Robert Alan Haber, a graduate of the University of Michigan, was the first president of Students... more » |
| Alan Hellary was a British pilot who co-founded British Atlantic Airways, which would later... more » |
| Alan Johnson is the founder of Treehouse. more » |
| "Alan Lake" is the pseudonym used by Alan Ayling, a computer expert from Highgate, London... more » |
| Alan Levy is an entrepreneur and a former accountant. more » |
| Alan Miles is an English computer scientist. He worked for Sinclair Research as a Mid-East... more » |
| Alan Morrison is a Supreme Court attorney and the co-founder of Public Citizen Litigation Group. more » |
| Alan Ostroff is a film producer. more » |
| Alan R. Pearlman is an engineer best known as the founder of ARP Instruments, Inc., one of the... more » |
| One of the founders of EPR Architects (Elsom Pack & Roberts) in London. more » |
 | Alan Schaaf is the founder of Imgur LLC. more » |
| Alan E. Sears was the Staff Executive Director of the Meese Commission, which investigated... more » |
| Alan Field Shugart was an American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive whose career... more » |
| Co-founder of Weather Underground weather service more » |
| Alan Durning is the founder and executive director of the Sightline Institute, a nonprofit... more » |
| Alasdair Locke is the former chairman of the Scottish oil services company Abbot Group, which... more » |
| Alastair Sawday is the founder of Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd. more » |
 | Albert Chmielowski, C.F.A.P.U. was a Polish Religious Brother and founder of the Albertine... more » |
.jpg/300px-Albert_Dorne_(1963).jpg "Albert Dorne") | Albert Dorne was an American Illustrator. He was born in the slums of New York City's East Side,... more » |
 | Rev. Albert Edward Smith was a Canadian religious leader and politician. A social gospeller,... more » |
| Albert Folens was a Belgian-born publisher of educational materials in Ireland. His company,... more » |
| Albert Gallup was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in East Berne, New York, Gallup... more » |
 | Albert Heijn was the original founder of what now is the largest food retailer in the... more » |
| Albert Henry Loeb was a Chicago attorney and an executive of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Loeb was... more » |
| Albert Hicks was a founder of Iota Phi Theta. more » |
 | Albert Davis Lasker was an American businessman who is often considered to be the founder of... more » |
| Albert Lee Ueltschi is considered the father of modern aviation training and was the founder of... more » |
| Albert L. Luce was an American industrialist, entrepreneur, bus designer, and business owner. He... more » |
 | Albert Mansbridge was an English educator who was one of the pioneers of adult education in... more » |
| Albert W. Mooney or Al was a self-taught aircraft designer. Al, along with his brother Arthur... more » |
.jpg/225px-Albert_Plesman_(1953).jpg "Albert Plesman") | Dr. Albert Plesman was a Dutch pioneer in aviation and founder of KLM, the oldest airline in the... more » |
 | Albert Shanker was president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and... more » |
| Albert Tillman was an American educator and underwater diver. He is widely considered to be the... more » |
| Born and raised in the wetest part of Europe, Galicia, the green Atlantic corner of Spain,... more » |
 | Alberto Franceschini is an Italian former terrorist, a founder and leading member of the Italian... more » |
| Albina du Boisrouvray is a former journalist and film producer who has become a global... more » |
| Albion Giordano is a lawyer. more » |
| Alexander Dickson founded Voluntary Service Overseas in 1958, an organization created to send... more » |
| Alec Duffy is a theatre director. more » |
| Alec Hanley Bemis is a writer and manager for creative cultural projects who lives in New York City. more » |
| Aleem Mawani is a founder of Streak. more » |
| Count Aleksey Sergeyevich Uvarov was a Russian archaeologist often considered to be the founder... more » |
| Mi chiamo Alessio Piccioli, ho 39 anni (in realtà ne compio 40 tra poco… proprio il giorno delle... more » |
| Dr. Alex Boraine is a South African politician. He was born in Cape Town. Having been ordained... more » |
| Alex Faickney Osborn was an advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique... more » |
| Alex Garden was the CEO of Vancouver-based game developer Relic Entertainment, which he... more » |
| Alex Lunkov is the founder of 4shared. more » |
| Alex Seidel was a German weapons manufacturer and the co-founder of Heckler & Koch along with... more » |
| Alex Shevchenko is the founder of Grammarly, Inc. more » |
| Alex St. John, along with Craig Eisler and Eric Engstrom, created the original Microsoft DirectX... more » |
| Alex Vasilevsky was an computer software developer. He was the co-founder of Virtual Iron, which... more » |
| Alex Willcock is the founder and CEO of Imagini, the owner of VisualDNA technology. In 2009,... more » |
| Alexander A. Motlagh is a film and television producer. more » |
| Alexander Aghassipour is the founder of Zendesk. more » |
| Alexander Asseily is a British Lebanese entrepreneur and founder of consumer electronics company... more » |
.jpg/220px-Alexander_Balfour_(merchant).jpg "Alexander Balfour") | Alexander Balfour was a Scottish merchant and founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour... more » |
 | Alexander Berry was a Scottish-born surgeon, merchant and explorer who in 1822 was given a land... more » |
 | Alexander Campbell was a Scots-Irish immigrant who became an ordained minister in the United... more » |
 | Rev Alexander Duff, D.D. LLD., was a Christian missionary in India; where he played a large part... more » |
 | Alexander Goldstein, also credited as Aleksandr Goldshteyn and Aleksandr Goldstein in films, is... more » |
| Alexander Macmillan was a passenger on board American Airlines flight 383. He was killed in the... more » |
| Alexander I. Poltorak is a Russian-born American author, entrepreneur, physicist and scholar. He... more » |
| Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff was a Russian-American electrical engineer. Poniatoff was born 25... more » |
| Alexander MacRae was an entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. Born in Scotland, he emigrated... more » |
 | Alexander Majors was a US businessman, who along with William Hepburn Russell and William B... more » |
| Alexander Mashkevich, born in 1954, is a businessman and investor. He has major holdings and... more » |
| Alexander Francis Muse is an entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of ShopSavvy, the... more » |
 | Alexander Schure was an American academic. Schure founded the New York Institute of Technology... more » |
 | Alexander Watson Hutton was a Scottish teacher and sportsman who is considered the Father of... more » |
 | Alexander Wilson Drake was an American artist, collector and critic, born near Westfield, New... more » |
| Alexander Winn is an American writer, producer, and director of live-action and machinima films... more » |
 | Alexander Zeisal 'Zus' Bielski was a leader of the Bielski partisans who rescued approximately... more » |
| Alexandra Kelly is the founder and former managing director of UK pre-employment screening... more » |
| Alexis Bonte is the founder of eRepublik Labs Limited. more » |
 | Alexis Ohanian is an Armenian-American internet entrepreneur, activist and investor based in the... more » |
 | Alfieri Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer, known for establishing and leading the... more » |
 | Alfred Abraham Knopf, Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and founder of Alfred... more » |
 | Alfred Boeddeker, O.F.M. was an American Franciscan friar who is best known for having founded... more » |
| Alfred Ephraim Hunt was a 19th-century American metallurgist and industrialist best known for... more » |
 | Alfred Fitzpatrick was born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia in 1862. He attended Pictou Academy... more » |
| Alfred Fleishman, was co-founder, with business partner Robert Hillard, of Fleishman-Hillard,... more » |
| Alfred Carl Fuller was a Canadian-born American businessman. He was the original "Fuller Brush... more » |
| Alfred Harvey born Alfred Harvey Wiernikoff was the founder of comic book publisher Harvey... more » |
 | Alfred Irénée du Pont was an American industrialist, financier and philanthropist and a member... more » |
| Alfred Preisser is an American theater director, playwright, producer and teacher of acting. more » |
 | Alfred Smith Barnes was an American publisher and philanthropist. He was known as "the General". more » |
| Alfred Véricel is the founder of Bestofmedia Group. more » |
| Alfredo Artiles Larralde is the Co-founder of Socialbro Limited. more » |
 | Alfredo Fortabat was a prominent Argentine industrialist. more » |
| Ali Aydemir is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ali Bozkurt is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ali Hajimiri is an academic, inventor, and entrepreneur in various fields of technology... more » |
| Ali Nâki Efendi was one of the founders of Darüşşafaka Association. more » |
| Prior to iLike, Ali established himself as an entrepreneur by co-founding LinkExchange, which... more » |
| Ali Sirmen is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Syed Ali Zaidi Urdu: سيد علی زیدی is a Pakistani American online entrepreneur. He was born in... more » |
 | Lady Alice Sophia Acland née Cunningham was the founder, the first General Secretary and the... more » |
| Alice Goodwin was one of the founders of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. more » |
 | Alice Lewisohn was the founder of the Neighborhood Playhouse with her sister Irene Lewisohn... more » |
 | Alice Taylor is founder of MakieLab, an "'entertainment playspace for young people' that will... more » |
.jpg/208px-Alice_Walton_(cropped).jpg "Alice Walton") | Alice Louise Walton is an American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. She is the... more » |
| Alice Wolfson, a Barnard College graduate and former Fulbright Scholar, is a veteran political... more » |
| Alijan Ibragimov is a [Kyrgyzstan]-born uzbek oligarch who is a member of a well-known circle of... more » |
| Alison Becker Chase taught the dance class at Dartmouth that led to founding of Pilobolus Dance... more » |
 | Alison Weir, a former American journalist, is the founder and executive director of the US-based... more » |
| Allan Johnston is an Australian advertising creative executive and copywriter who enjoyed... more » |
| Archibald Allan Scott, AO was an Australian businessman. more » |
| Allen Admire is a film producer. more » |
| Allen Andersson co-founded the Riecken Foundation with Susan Riecken in 2000 more » |
 | Allen Balcom DuMont, also spelled Du Mont, was an American electronics engineer, scientist and... more » |
| Allen C. Eaves was the founding Director of the Terry Fox Laboratory for Hematology/Oncology... more » |
| Allen DeBevoise is a co-founder of Machinima, Inc. more » |
 | Sir Allen Lane was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books, bringing high-quality... more » |
| Allen Lau is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WP Technology Inc. more » |
| Allen Mondell is a screenwriter, film director and producer. more » |
| Allen R. Utke is a researcher. more » |
| Allen S. Browne was a professional organizer. more » |
| Mr. Sequeira is Senior Vice President of Product Operations at Blue Lane Technologies,... more » |
.jpg/241px-Alma_adamkiene_in_vilnius_(cropped).jpg "Alma Adamkienė"){kind=spacer} | Alma Adamkienė is the wife of the former President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, and was First... more » |
_01.jpg/188px-Maryhill_Museum_-_Richard_Hall_-_Alma_de_Bretteville_Spreckels_in_Queen_Marie_of_Roumania's_audience_chair_(1924)_01.jpg "Alma de Bretteville Spreckels") | Alma de Bretteville Spreckels was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco,... more » |
| Alma Jane Macauley is the co-founder of AmeriCares. more » |
 | Alma Vivian Powell is an African American audiologist and the wife of military and political... more » |
 | Alon Cohen is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver that... more » |
| Alpay Kabacalı is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins, born in Lévis, Quebec, was the co-founder of the Caisses Populaires... more » |
.gif "Alphonse Lavallée") | Alphonse Lavallée is the founder of the École Centrale Paris, a French Grande École. He was born... more » |
 | Amadeo Pietro Giannini, also known as Amadeo Peter Giannini or A.P. Giannini, born in San Jose,... more » |
| Amanda Feilding, Countess of Wemyss and March, is a British artist, scientist and drug policy... more » |
| Amar Latif is a blind British entrepreneur, actor, director, motivational speaker and world... more » |
| In 2001, Christopher Bently and Amber Marie Bently founded Bently Holdings, embarking on their... more » |
 | John Ambrose O'Brien, was an industrialist and sports team owner. He was a founder of the... more » |
| Amir Ashkenazi is the CEO of Adap.tv, which was purchased by AOL for $405 million. more » |
| Amir is the CEO and Co-Founder of iMedix. He has extensive entrepreneurial and Internet... more » |
 | Ammembal Subba Rao Pai was a leading lawyer of Mangalore, India. He was the founder of Canara... more » |
| Ammon Ashford Hennacy was an Irish American pacifist, Christian anarchist, social activist,... more » |
 | Amos Adams Lawrence, the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence, was a key figure in the... more » |
| Amram Blau was a Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem. He was one of the... more » |
| Amvroziy Buchma was an actor and founder of Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater. more » |
| Amy Danis is a theatrical producer. more » |
| Amy Collins' background in research, licensing and patent law enables her to take a... more » |
| Amy is a co-founder and Chief Community Officer of Get Satisfaction, the company that's bringing... more » |
 | Anagarika Dharmapala was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was one of the founding... more » |
 | Andon Dimitrov - was a Bulgarian 19th-20th century revolutionary. He was among the founders of... more » |
 | André-Gustave Citroën was a French industrialist. He is remembered chiefly for the make of car... more » |
| André Leysen is a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping... more » |
 | André Jules Michelin was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard, founded the... more » |
| André Trocmé and his wife Magda are a French couple designated "Righteous Among the Nations."... more » |
.jpg/200px-Andrea_Riccardi_(2009).jpg "Andrea Riccardi") | Andrea Riccardi is the founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio and Professor of Contemporary... more » |
 | Andreas Bernd Baader was one of the first leaders of the German left-wing militant organization... more » |
| Andrew Michael Baron is the creator of Rocketboom, Know Your Meme and the video aggregator site,... more » |
| Daniel Andrew "Andy" Beal is an American banker, businessman, investor, poker player, and... more » |
| Andrew Black, together with Edward Wray, was founder of Betfair, the world's first and largest... more » |
| Andrew Conru is an early internet entrepreneur who has founded e-commerce, advertising and... more » |
| Andrew Crawford is an Irish Entrepreneur and the former CEO & Founder of The Book Depository. He... more » |
| Andrew Dalgleish on Karakoram Pass, between Ladakh, India and China was a Scottish trader,... more » |
 | John Andrew Henry Forrest, better known as Andrew Forrest or by his nickname Twiggy Forrest, is... more » |
| Andrew Fournet was a priest who, with St. Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier de Ages, established the... more » |
 | Andrew Fuller was a Baptist minister, theologian, and promoter of missionary work. more » |
| Andrew L. Gotianun, Sr. is a Chinese Filipino entrepreneur from the Philippines who at one time... more » |
| Andrew Hauptman is a film producer. more » |
| Major Andrew Henry was an American fur trader who, with William H. Ashley started the Rocky... more » |
| Andrew Hoyem is a typographer, letterpress printer, publisher, poet, and preservationist. He is... more » |
| Andrew Hutchings is the founder of TeamBuy. more » |
| Andrew J. Curtis is a film producer. more » |
| Andrew McCollum is a co-founder of Facebook and an angel investor. He attended Harvard... more » |
| Andrew McKelvey was an American business mogul and former chairman and chief executive of... more » |
.jpg/206px-Andrew_McNally_(1836-1904).jpg "Andrew McNally") | Andrew McNally was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and immigrated to New York City in 1857. A... more » |
.jpg/300px-Mission_Santa_Clara_1849_(Project_Gutenberg).jpg "Andrew P. Hill") | Andrew Putnam Hill was a Californian painter and photographer best known for successfully... more » |
| Andrew Prihodko is an entrepreneur. more » |
 | Andrew Reed was an English Congregational minister and hymnwriter, who became a prominent... more » |
 | Andrew Ritchie MBE is the inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, and has guided the Brompton... more » |
| Andrew Rivkin is a Canadian investor and entrepreneur. Rivkin is best known as the co-founder of... more » |
| Andrew Ruhemann is a film producer, director and the founder of Passion Pictures, the double... more » |
| Andrew Saks was an American businessman. He was born to a German Jewish family, in Baltimore,... more » |
| Andrew Yule was a businessman who founded Andrew Yule and Co. more » |
| Andrey Andreev born Andrey Ogandzhanyants is a Russian entrepreneur who founded the Social... more » |
 | Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko is a Russian businessman and billionaire. With an estimated... more » |
.jpg/241px-Andrzej_Szeptycki_(a).jpg "Andrey Sheptytsky"){kind=spacer} | The Servant of God, Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., was the Metropolitan... more » |
| Andy Baio is an American technologist and blogger. He is the co-founder of the XOXO Festival,... more » |
| At TripIt, Andy's job is to keep the site running as smoothly as a perfect vacation. A dedicated... more » |
| Andy Goodman is an American writer, producer, orator, and consultant. He has worked in the... more » |
| Andy Halim is one of the founders of Sriwijaya Air. more » |
| Andy Hayler, is a data warehousing professional and food critic. He led the creation of the... more » |
| Andy Horsfield is a British entrepreneur best known for founding Global Underground in 1996. In... more » |
| Andy is an entrepreneur who has spent the last ten years focused on improving the way people... more » |
| Andy Jeffrey, a founder, leads AuctionDrop's IT and product development departments. He is... more » |
| Andy Jenks co-founded Swatchbox Technologies with Mike Brunzell in 1996. Prior to that, Jenks... more » |
| Andy Smallman is the founder and director of Puget Sound Community School in Seattle, Wash. PSCS... more » |
| Andrew "Andy" Spade is the co-founder of Partners & Spade, along with Anthony Sperduti. He... more » |
| Andy Taylor, co-manager of the British band Iron Maiden and co-founder in 1979 of Sanctuary... more » |
| Andy Whittaker is the founder of UK film distributor Dogwoof, who focus on social issue films... more » |
| Angel Ramos was the founder of Telemundo, the second largest Spanish-language television network... more » |
| Angela Beesley is the co-founder of Wikia, the community-focused wiki hosting site which is... more » |
 | Angela Merici, or Angela de Merici, was an Italian religious leader and saint. She founded the... more » |
 | Angela Truszkowska was an unusually pious Polish nun who has been beatified by the Roman... more » |
| Angela Wright is chief executive and founder of Solent Skill Quest Limited, Southampton,... more » |
 | Angelo Moratti was an Italian oil tycoon. He was the owner and president of the Serie A football... more » |
 | Angelo Rizzoli was an Italian publisher and film producer. more » |
| Knowing that the frustrations she and her friends had finding good contractors were not unique,... more » |
| Angus L. Bowmer was the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, United... more » |
| Angus Skene was a Scottish accountant, art collector and art gallery-owner, notable as the... more » |
| Anil Bakht is the founder of Eastern Software Systems. more » |
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| Jan en Anita Meurs were the founders of the Jumbo supermarket chain. more » |
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| Ann Fagan Ginger is an American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is the... more » |
| Ann Gloag OBE is a Scottish business woman and charity campaigner. more » |
| Anne Jellicoe, née Anne William Mullin was a noted Irish educationalist best known for the... more » |
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| Anna Elisabeth Riz is a founder of italian book publishing company AER. more » |
| Anna Head was the founder of Head-Royce School. more » |
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| Anna T. Jeanes was an American philanthropist. She was born in Philadelphia, the city where she... more » |
| Annabel Arden is a British actress, theatre and opera director, and one of the founders of... more » |
| Annabel Park is a documentary filmmaker, political activist and community volunteer. more » |
| Anne B. one of the founders of Al-Anon/Alateen. more » |
| Anne Duncan, is the chief executive, Yellowfin Ltd., Southampton. In 2007, she was awarded the... more » |
| Anne Hamburger is a cultural entrepreneur and producer and the President, Executive Producer of... more » |
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 | Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker is one of the most prominent choreographers in contemporary... more » |
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 | Sarah "Annie" Turner Wittenmyer was an American social reformer and relief worker. She served as... more » |
| As the leader of Cape Clear, O'Toole drives the overall vision and corporate strategy for the... more » |
 | Anthony A. Martino was an auto mechanic and entrepreneur from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He,... more » |
| A music enthusiast, Anthony Batt knew exactly what he wanted to do the moment he was exposed to... more » |
| Anthony Casalena is the founder of Squarespace. more » |
| Anthony Chitty was an english modernist architect and founder of the Tecton Group architectural... more » |
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| Anthony Haswell is an attorney who, in 1967, founded the National Association of Railroad... more » |
| Anthony Inglis, was a Scottish journeyman blacksmith, engineer and shipbuilder who set-up and... more » |
| Anthony M. Townsend is an American researcher. Townsend specializes in research on the... more » |
 | Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria was an early leader of the Counter Reformation. His feast day is... more » |
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| Anthony Sperduti is the co-founder of Partners & Spade, along with Andy Spade. more » |
| Anthony Volodkin is the founder of "The Hype Machine Inc.". more » |
 | Anton Philipp Reclam was a German publisher and founder of the Reclam press. Reclam established... more » |
 | Anton Frederik Philips co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother... more » |
 | Antoni Norbert Patek, was a Polish pioneer in watchmaking and a creator of Patek Philippe & Co... more » |
 | Sir Antonin Besse KBE of Aden, a merchant of French descent. St Antony's College, Oxford was... more » |
| Antonio Cavalieri Ducati is the founder of Italian motorcycles company, Ducati. more » |
| Antonio Pasin was the founder of the Radio Flyer company, best known for making the Radio Flyer... more » |
| Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion... more » |
| Mr. Pera was named Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management for AmerisourceBergen in 2008... more » |
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| As CEO and Co-Founder of Visible Path, Antony focuses on new technologies, strategic direction... more » |
| Anupam Mittal is an actor and film producer. more » |
 | Anuradha Koirala is a social activist and the founder and director of Maiti Nepal – a non-profit... more » |
| Anurag Dikshit, is an Indian businessman who, in connection with the online poker company... more » |
| Anurag has 10+ years of extensive software engineering experience which includes... more » |
 | Arabella Yarrington "Belle" Huntington was the second wife of American railway tycoon and... more » |
| Arabella Page Croft is a film producer. more » |
| Arabinda Rajkhowa, alias Mijanur Rahman Choudhury is the Chairman of the banned outfit ULFA. He... more » |
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| Aravinda Pillalamarri is a founder of Association for India's Development. more » |
| Arch C. Klumph is the founder of Rotary Foundation. more » |
 | Archer Milton Huntington was the son of Arabella Huntington and the stepson of railroad magnate... more » |
| Archibald Granville Bush was an American businessman primarily involved with 3M. Bush was born... more » |
 | Archibald David Constable FRSE was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer. He was born... more » |
| Archibald Goodman Frazer Nash, was an early English motor car designer and engineer, who... more » |
| Archibald Hamilton Charteris was a Church of Scotland theologian, Professor of Biblical... more » |
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| Ardeshir Burjorji Sorabji Godrej was an Indian businessman. With his brother Pirojsha, he... more » |
| Ari Ne'eman is an American autism rights activist who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy... more » |
| Ari Newman is a film producer. more » |
| Ari Teman is an award-winning comedian, serial entrepreneur, founder of 12gurus:Charity and... more » |
| Arieh Handler was a Zionist leader. He was most famous for the being one of the main founders of... more » |
| Ariel Berkman has over 15 years of experience in the computing industry. Prior to co-founding BC... more » |
 | Arinobu Fukuhara was the head of Apothecary Shiseidō and Toku Fukuhara. In addition, this... more » |
 | Aristide Boucicaut created what is considered to be among the first department stores. Born in... more » |
 | Aristotle Socrates Onassis, commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a prominent Greek... more » |
| Arkadiusza Seńko is a programmer and the founder of Red Sky Sp. z oo. more » |
 | Arlene Joy Harris, also known as the "First Lady of Wireless," is a serial entrepreneur,... more » |
 | Armand Hammer was an American business manager and owner, most closely associated with... more » |
 | Armand Peugeot was a French industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the founder of... more » |
| Arnob Roya has held senior engineering management positions in Synopsys since 1995 and was a... more » |
| Arnold Bender was a teacher and one of the founders of HealthWatch. more » |
 | Saint Arnold Janssen, S.V.D. was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary, and is venerated as a... more » |
| Dr. Arnold Kim is the owner of MacRumors, a popular Apple rumors website. He began working on... more » |
 | Arnold Laven was a film and television director, and film and television producer. more » |
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| Arnoldus Goudsmit is one of the founders of American Society of Clinical Oncology. more » |
| Arny Granat is a theater producer. more » |
| Aron Bielski, later changed to Aron Bell, is a Polish-American Jew and former member of the... more » |
 | Arsham Parsi is an Iranian LGBT Human Rights activist who lives in exile in Canada. He is the... more » |
| Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Art Davie is a business executive and entrepreneur formerly active in Southern California... more » |
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| Founder of Art Van Furniture. more » |
| Arthur Abba Goldberg is an American businessman and leader in the ex-gay movement. He is... more » |
| Arthur Brooke was the founder of the Brooke Bond Tea Company. Brooke was born in... more » |
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| Arthur Chase was the co-founder of Theta Chi Fraternity. He was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont... more » |
| Arthur E. "Art" Bartlett was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Century 21 Real Estate... more » |
| Arthur Scott Evans was an early gay rights advocate and author, most well known for his 1978... more » |
 | Arthur J. Samberg was the chief executive officer, president and chairman of Pequot Capital... more » |
 | Sir Arthur Lasenby Liberty was a London merchant, and the founder of Liberty & Co. Born in... more » |
| Arthur M. Dula is a space lawyer, a patent attorney, the literary executor for major science... more » |
| As an entrepreneur, Arthur Madrid has nearly ten years of proven success with ventures in... more » |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was an English churchman, Dean of Westminster, known as Dean Stanley. His... more » |
| Arthur W. Perdue was the founder of Perdue Farms along with his wife Pearl in 1920. The business... more » |
| Arthur St. John Ryan is the founder of Primark, an Irish clothing retailer with stores in the... more » |
| Arthur Shafman is a theater producer. more » |
 | Arthur Edward Stilwell was the founder of Kansas City Southern Railway. He served as the... more » |
| Arturo Guzmán Decena was a Mexican Army Special Forces soldier who, in 1997, defected to the... more » |
| Arturo Hintermann was the founder of football club Inter Milan. more » |
| Arul Pragasam is a Tamil activist and former revolutionary from Jaffna who had a part in forming... more » |
| Arvind Mithal is the Johnson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the Computer... more » |
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| Asael Bielski was the second-in-command of the Bielski partisans during World War II. more » |
| Asael Dror has over 20 years experience in conceiving, architecting, developing, and evaluating... more » |
| Ashfaq Munshi is the CEO and Chairman of the Board at Radiance Technologies. Ash brings a unique... more » |
| Ashley Shuyler is the founder of AfricAid, a nonprofit organization that supports girls’... more » |
| Ashok has been instrumental in founding and building several successful billion dollar global... more » |
| Ashok Soota is an information technology executive. He was the co-founder of the Indian IT... more » |
| Ashwin worked for Citibank in Madras and Mumbai in various... more » |
| Dr. Asif A. Godil is the President/CEO of AG Microsystems (AGM), a leading company in the... more » |
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 | Assar Thorvald Nathanael Gabrielsson was a Swedish industrialist and co-founder of Volvo. more » |
 | Attilio Piccirilli was an American sculptor. Born in the province of Massa-Carrara, Italy, he... more » |
| Aubrey Dan, is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist as well as a producer and impresario... more » |
| Aubrey Meyer is an author, climate campaigner and composer. A former member of the Green Party,... more » |
| Audrey Kishline is a book author and founder of Moderation Management. more » |
| August Tönnesmann was the founder of football club Borussia Dortmund. more » |
| Augusto Odone is the father of Lorenzo Odone, a child afflicted with the illness... more » |
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| Auren Raphael Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, CEO of Rapleaf, venture capitalist with The... more » |
| Austin Butler is the founder of FTW Innovations Inc. more » |
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| Austin Ripley is a writer. more » |
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 | Avraham Tehomi, also spelled Avraham T'homi, was a noted Jewish militant and a key figure in the... more » |
| Aw Boon-Par was a Burmese Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing... more » |
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 | Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren was a Swedish entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest men in the world... more » |
| Aydın Aybay is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Aydın Erdoğan is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
 | Ayetullah Bey was the founder and second Chairman of Türkiye Süper Ligi giant Fenerbahçe SK... more » |
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| Aykut Başçıl is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
| Ayşe Simen is a founding member of the Human Rights Association. more » |
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