Today in Business People History
Sub-Topics: Bill Gates - Donald Trump - John D. Rockefeller - John D. Rockefeller Jr
Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
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
1963-05-27 - 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
1977-10-27 - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped
1985-03-01 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
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)
1994-04-25 - Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 166
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 (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)
1908-04-28 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (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
1918-03-29 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
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
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
1929-03-26 - Edwin Turney, American businessman
1929-07-04 - Al Davis, American businessman
1929-07-20 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
1930-08-17 - James Gulliver, businessman
1931-07-06 - Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
1931-11-28 - Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire (Heritage Projects)
1932-03-04 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (d. 1994)
1932-07-22 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist
1932-12-23 - Tertius Metcalf, businessman
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 100 of 132
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
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
1995-04-19 - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61
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)
