Today in Business People History
Sub-Topics: Bill Gates - Donald Trump - John D. Rockefeller - John D. Rockefeller Jr
Historical Events
Events 1 - 9 of 9
1571-03-25 - Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
1778-04-01 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
1915-08-17 - Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1918-10-18 - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn
1923-07-11 - Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
1977-10-27 - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
1982-05-27 - New owners purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
1985-03-01 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
1994-04-25 - Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 169
1686-07-09 - Philip Livingston, Albany, New York, American businessman and politician (d. 1749)
1716-01-15 - Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independence)
1744-10-06 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1769-02-04 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
1794-12-14 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872)
1812-12-06 - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
1820-09-03 - George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1827-06-13 - Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
1827-08-22 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. 1906)
1827-12-10 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and brewer (d. 1913)
1829-03-24 - George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904)
1832-12-27 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
1835-12-17 - Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology
1836-11-04 - Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman and sawmill partner (d. 1912)
1840-11-30 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
1843-11-27 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
1848-01-19 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)
1849-06-29 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
1852-04-13 - F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
1857-06-18 - Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
1865-10-26 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1870-01-15 - Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. 1954)
1872-04-29 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
1873-01-03 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
1876-03-20 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
1877-01-18 - Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961)
1877-05-04 - Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115)
1877-11-22 - Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
1879-05-03 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
1880-08-10 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1964)
1882-06-24 - Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1953)
1884-02-13 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (d. 1961)
1884-09-26 - J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 1951)
1887-08-08 - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman
1889-04-20 - Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist (d. 1996)
1896-01-06 - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
1897-04-19 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1897-05-11 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1897-08-10 - John Galbreath, American businessman (d. 1988)
1898-10-25 - Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician
1900-09-11 - D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
1901-09-06 - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas
1903-09-25 - John Everett Allen, US businessman
1905-05-01 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
1906-03-04 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)
1906-03-21 - Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman
1906-11-06 - James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman (Chicago Black Hawks) (d. 1966)
1907-02-23 - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman
1907-04-16 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French-Canadian inventor and businessman (Bombardier) (d. 1964)
1907-05-29 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
1907-12-25 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
Industrialist Oskar Schindler (1908-04-28)
1908-04-28 - Oskar Schindler, Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary, Austrian businessman and subject of the novel Schindler's Ark and the film Schindler's List. (d. 1974)
1908-06-22 - George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
1908-07-04 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman (Club of Rome)
1909-04-20 - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman
1910-01-25 - Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman
1911-03-19 - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman
1912-04-07 - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman
1912-09-07 - David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman
1912-11-08 - Joseph Fattorini, businessman
1913-02-09 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
1913-05-25 - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman
1914-01-17 - Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
1915-03-03 - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur
1915-03-31 - Jack Perry, businessman
1915-06-16 - Joseph Kagan, businessman
1915-08-19 - Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
1916-04-15 - Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)
1916-04-17 - Ryoei Saito, businessman
1916-08-29 - Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman
1916-11-11 - Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman
1917-01-18 - Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman
1917-05-21 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman
1919-12-05 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
1920-07-22 - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman
1920-12-14 - Quinton Hazell, businessman
1922-09-20 - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician
1922-09-20 - David Nicolson, businessman/politician
1922-10-04 - Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
1923-01-11 - Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman, (d. 2012)
1924-02-01 - Ben Weider, Quebec businessman and author
1924-11-24 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925-04-11 - Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d. 1997)
1925-05-04 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
1925-06-24 - Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire
1925-07-09 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector
1926-05-30 - James Whitman McLamore, businessman
1927-01-04 - Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman
1927-09-11 - David Schine, businessman
1927-09-27 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
1928-01-06 - George H. Ross, American businessman
1928-11-27 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman
1928-12-13 - Jack Tramiel, Lodz Poland, American Businessman (Amiga, Commodore 64), (d. 2012)
1929-03-26 - Edwin Turney, American businessman
1929-07-04 - Al Davis, Brocton Mass, American businessman and NFL team owner (LA Raiders)
1929-07-20 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
1930-05-11 - William Carey, Baltimore, Maryland, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey & Co. LLC) (d. 2012)
1930-08-17 - James Gulliver, businessman
1931-04-01 - Charles Price, Kansas City, Missouri, American Businessman and diplomat, (d. 2012)
1931-07-06 - Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 12 of 12
1930-06-23 - Businessman Nelson Rockefeller (21) weds Mary Todhunter Clark
1986-02-01 - Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switz
1993-09-16 - Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41)
1996-02-15 - Chinese actress Gong Li (30) weds Singapore-born businessman Ooi Hoe Seong (46) at Singapore's Registry of Marriages
2001-11-10 - "Four Weddings and A Funeral" actress Andie MacDowell (43) weds businessman Rhett Hartzog (42) at Central United Methodist Church in Asheville, North Carolina
2004-08-15 - Fashion designer and socialite Nicky Hilton (21) weds businessman Todd Andrew Meister (33) at The Vegas Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
2005-11-12 - Businessman Donald Trump Jr. (27) weds model Vanessa Haydon at the Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida
2006-03-03 - "Gata Salvaje" telenovela actress Carolina Tejera (29) weds Costa Rican businessman Don Stockwell at the Hotel Marriott in San Jose, Costa Rica
2006-04-15 - Miss Nigeria 2002 Sylvia Ansa Edem weds businessman Chris Emecheta at the the Recreation Park, Victoria Garden City, Lekki Lagos
2007-03-31 - Brazilian television presenter Ana Maria Braga weds businessman Marcelo Frisoni in Morumbi, Sao Paulo
2008-06-30 - Singer-actress Olivia Newton-John (59) weds natural-health businessman John Easterling (56) in Florida's Jupiter Island
Singer Olivia Newton-John (2008-06-30)
2009-03-21 - British songbird who soared to the top of the charts with her hit "Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield (27) weds California businessman Matthew Robinson at Church Estate Vineyard's in Malibu, California
Famous Divorces
Divorces 1 - 3 of 3
2004-10-07 - Actress Andie MacDowell (46) divorces businessman Rhett Hartzog (45) after nearly three years of marriage
2004-11-09 - Hotel heiress and fashion model Nicky Hilton (21) divorces businessman Todd Andrew Meister (33) due to bi-coastal relationship after nearly 3 months of marriage
2011-06-15 - Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley (45) divorces businessman Arun Nayar due to husband's unreasonable behavior
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 100 of 155
1764-06-29 - Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
1813-12-19 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744)
1845-05-15 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1863-07-10 - Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48
1864-06-02 - George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
1872-04-09 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1873-12-24 - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)
1880-12-11 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)
1882-06-30 - Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (b. 1827)
1884-08-06 - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
1890-02-22 - John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822)
1898-12-16 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1901-04-19 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
1904-09-26 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
1906-02-10 - Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)
1910-03-27 - Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74
1911-09-28 - Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies
1913-10-01 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
1914-09-28 - Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company) (b. 1863)
1927-05-25 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
1928-04-16 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
1928-11-04 - Arnold Rothstein, [A R], US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46
1929-03-12 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (b. 1851)
1930-07-30 - Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
1930-10-26 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1872)
1950-08-08 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879)
1951-08-22 - J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1884)
1953-01-26 - Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
1956-06-19 - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
1959-07-17 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
1961-09-03 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962-04-06 - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74
1964-02-15 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician (b. 1880)
1966-02-25 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
1969-08-10 - Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925)
1970-07-24 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
1974-04-06 - Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b.1895)
1974-07-26 - Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55
Industrialist Oskar Schindler (1974-10-09)
1974-10-09 - Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
1975-01-22 - Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
1975-08-15 - Clay Shaw, alleged John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracist & businessman (b. 1913)
1977-09-25 - Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician, dies at 78
1982-02-02 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905)
1984-03-14 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75
1985-01-09 - Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
1985-02-11 - Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
1985-10-19 - Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
1987-06-21 - Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
1988-02-01 - Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
1988-12-26 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
1991-11-22 - Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies
1992-01-17 - Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
1992-08-08 - Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
1992-09-07 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
1992-12-13 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (b. 1899)
1993-09-11 - Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to pres Aristide, murdered
1994-01-02 - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
1994-09-23 - John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59
1995-01-18 - Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79
1995-02-16 - John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91
1995-03-24 - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88
1995-07-10 - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74
1995-08-11 - Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58
1995-08-14 - Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82
1995-08-31 - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
1995-09-19 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
1995-10-07 - Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59
1995-11-26 - Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52
1995-12-05 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday
1995-12-19 - Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman, dies at 85
1996-01-17 - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83
1996-02-16 - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84
1996-03-26 - David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman, dies at 83
1996-03-30 - Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79
1996-04-12 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
1996-05-12 - Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35
1996-05-18 - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44
1996-06-19 - David Schine, businessman, dies at 70
1996-06-22 - Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
1996-06-24 - Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76
1996-07-10 - Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79
1996-07-19 - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73
1996-07-22 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71
1996-08-03 - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87
1996-08-09 - James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70
1996-08-20 - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81
1996-09-09 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67
1996-09-12 - James Gulliver, businessman, dies at 66
1996-10-02 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79
1996-10-22 - Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42
1996-12-12 - Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81
1997-01-19 - George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher, dies at 88
1997-02-05 - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
1997-12-01 - Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1997-12-24 - Pierre Péladeau, Quebec businessman, founder of Quebecor (b. 1925)
1999-01-23 - Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b. 1922)
1999-10-03 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
2000-11-05 - Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
2001-01-12 - William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
2001-09-11 - Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
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