Notable Businesspeople

This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the business world.
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NameLifespanOther Names
Adolf Dassler1900-1978(Adi)
Adolf Guyer-Zeller1839-1899
Adolf Lindskog1751-1836(Per)
Adolf Lüderitz1834-1886(Franz, Eduard)
Adolf H. Lundin1932-2006(Henrik)
Adolf Merckle1934-2009
Adolf Müller1857-1932
Adolf Törngren1824-1895
Adolf Zethelius1781-1864(Erik)
Adolph Zukor1873-1976(Adolf)
Akinfiy Demidov1678-1745
Alfred Nobel1833-1896
Alfred Peet1920-2007
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach1907-1967(Felix, Alwyn)
Amancio Ortega Gaona1936-
Andrew Carnegie1835-1919
Anne Wojcicki1973-
Aristotelis Onasis1906-1975(Aristotle)
Arthur Davidson1881-1950
Arthur Guinnessc. 1725-1803
Asa Griggs Candler1851-1929
Augustus D. Juilliard1836-1919
Barron Hilton1927-(William)
Ben Cohen1951-
Bennett Greenspan1952-
Bernard Arnault1949-(Jean, Étienne)
Bernie Ecclestone1930-
B. C. Forbes1880-1954(Bertie, Charles)
Bill Gates1955-(William, Henry)
Bill Hewlett1913-2001
Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson1967-
Carlos Slim1940-
Cecil Rhodes1853-1902(John)
Charles Digby Harrod1841-1905
Charles Henry Harrod1799-1885
Charles T. Hinde1832-1915
Charles Rolls1877-1910
Charles M. Schwab1862-1939(Michael)
Charles Tiffany1812-1902
Christian Sharps1810-1874
Conrad Hilton1887-1979(Nicholson)
Cor Boonstra1938-
Cornelius Vanderbilt1794-1877
Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464
Dan Carney1931-
Daniel Guggenheim1856-1930
Daniel B. Wesson1825-1906(Baird)
David Dunbar Buick1854-1929
David Edgerton1928-
David Packard1912-1996
Domingo Ghirardelli1817-1894(Domenico)
Donald J. Trump1946-(John)
Edward Harland1831-1895
Edward Beale McLean1889-1941
Eike Batista1956-
Eliphalet Remington1793-1861
Elon Musk1971-
Estée Lauder1908-2004(Josephine, Esther)
Eugène Schueller1881-1957
Facundo Bacardí Massó1814-1886(Facund)
Ferdinand Porsche1875-1951
Ferdinand von Zeppelin1838-1917(Adolf, Heinrich, August)
Frank Carney1938-
Frank Packer1906-1974
Franklin Clarence Mars1883-1934(Frank)
Franz Josef Popp1886-1954
Freddy Heineken1923-2002
George Henry Corliss1817-1888
George Soros1930-(György)
Gerard Philips1858-1942
Gerard Swope1872-1957
Gordon Bowkerc. 1947-
Gottlieb Daimler1834-1900
Gustav Adolf Jebsen1884-1951
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff1834-1913
Harland Sanders1890-1980
Henri Nestlé1814-1890(Heinrich)
Henry Ford1863-1947
Henry J. Heinz1844-1919(John)
Henry Lehmanc. 1822-1855
Henry Royce1863-1933
Horace Smith1808-1893
Howard Hughes1905-1976
Hugh Hefner1926-2017(Marston)
Ingvar Kamprad1926-2018(Feodor)
Jack Daniel1850-1911(Jasper, Newton)
Jack Dorsey1976-(Patrick)
Jack Tramiel1928-2012
Jacques Cartier1885-1942
James J. Hill1838-1916(Jerome)
J. Howard Marshall1905-1995(James)
James McLamore1926-1996
James Packer1967-
Jeff Bezos1964-(Jeffrey, Preston)
Jerry Baldwin19xx-
Jerry Greenfield1951-
John Jacob Astor1763-1848
John Jacob Astor IV1864-1912
John de Mol1955-
John H. Johnson1918-2005(Harold)
John Roll McLean1848-1916
J. P. Morgan1837-1913(John, Pierpont)
John D. Rockefeller1839-1937(Davison)
John Schnatter1961-
Joop van den Ende1942-
Joseph Pulitzer1847-1911
Joseph Wharton1826-1909
Josiah Wedgwood1730-1795
Karl Benz1844-1929
Kate Spade1962-2018(Katherine, Noel, Valentine)
Kerry Packer1937-2005
Kirk Kerkorian1917-2015
Kjeld Gogosha-Clark1967-
Lakshmi Mittal1950-
Larry Ellison1944-(Lawrence, Joseph)
Larry Flynt1942-
Leo Fender1909-1991(Clarence, Leonidas)
Levi Strauss1829-1902
Linda Avey1960-
Louis Cartier1875-1942
Louis Chevrolet1878-1941
Louis Vuitton1821-1892
Malcolm Forbes1919-1990
Marcus Goldman1821-1904
Marius Kloppers1962-(Jacques)
Marius Nacht1962-
Mark Zuckerberg1984-
Martha Stewart1941-
Marthinus Strydom1965-(Johannes)
Matthew Boulton1728-1809
Maup Caransa1916-2009(Maurits)
Maurice McDonald1902-1971
Mayer Lehman1830-1897
Mayer Amschel Rothschild1744-1812(Meyer)
Meyer Guggenheim1828-1905
Michael Eisner1942-
Mohamed Al-Fayed1929-
Muhtar Kent1952-(Ahmet)
Munib al-Masri1934-
Nikita Demidov1656-1725
Nouriel Roubini1958-
Oprah Winfrey1954-
Oskar Schindler1908-1974
Passmore Williamson1822-1895
Peter Drucker1909-2005
Phil Knight1938-
Pierre Cartier1878-1964
Ray Kroc1902-1984
Renzo Rosso1955-
Richard Branson1950-
Richard McDonald1909-1998
Roy Disney1893-1971(Oliver)
Rudolf Dassler1898-1974
Rupert Murdoch1931-(Keith)
Sam Walton1918-1992
S. Truett Cathy1921-2014(Samuel)
Samuel Colt1814-1862
Samuel Insull1859-1938
Samuel Sachs1851-1935
Silvio Berlusconi1936-
Steve Forbes1947-(Malcolm, Stevenson)
Steve Jobs1955-2011(Steven, Paul)
Sumner Redstone1923-2020(Murray)
Ted Turner1938-
Thomas Ismay1837-1899
T. Boone Pickens1928-(Thomas)
Thomas Watson Jr.1914-1993
Tim Cook1960-(Timothy)
Tom Monaghan1937-
Vince McMahon1945-
Virgil Abloh1980-2021
Walt Disney1901-1966
W. O. Bentley1888-1971(Walter, Owen)
Walter Chrysler1875-1940
Warren Buffett1930-(Edward)
Washington McLean1816-1890
Will Keith Kellogg1860-1951
William S. Harley1880-1943(Sylvester)
William Backhouse Astor Jr.1829-1892
William Backhouse Astor Sr.1792-1875
William A. Clark Sr.1839-1925(Andrews)
William C. Durant1861-1947(Crapo)
William Randolph Hearst1863-1951
William Rosenberg1916-2002
Zev Siegl1942-