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Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.
Jim Jones
American cult leader
William Monroe Trotter
American newspaper founder, African-American civil rights activist
Victor Henry Anderson
American poet, co-founder of Feri tradition
Berry Gordy
American record producer, founder of Motown Records
Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate
Artist, philanthropist and advocate for women’s education, co-founder of Brearley School and Barnard College.
Robert Sirico
American priest and think tank founder
Anton LaVey
American author and musician; founder of the Church of Satan, author of the Satanic Bible
Donald Fagen
American recording artist, musician, best known as co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Steely Dan.
Robert Campbell Reeve
Pioneering aviator, founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways
Edward V. Sparer
1928-1983 , founder of community legal services
Danny Davis
American country music band leader, trumpet player, vocalist and producer, best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass
John Brown
American businessperson; possible founder of Colorfest
Jawed Karim
American entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube
Helena Rubinstein
Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
Marc Lore
American entrepreneur and business executive
Juan Mari Brás
Puerto Rican activist, politician; founder of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party
Harold Kainalu Long Castle
A large landowner, real estate developer, and philanthropist in Hawaii; founder of Kaneohe Ranch
Finis Jhung
American ballet dancer, dance company founder and dance teacher
Tanner Smith
New York gang leader and founder of the Marginals
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
Private Equity Real Estate investor and the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital, headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
Roeloff Swartwout
American city founder
Charles E. Sorensen
American businessman
Joyce Aboussie
American business executive
Trapper Nelson
Trapper, hunter, and zoo founder
Arne Glimcher
American film director, art dealer, founder Pace Gallery
Adam Lindemann
American investor, writer, art collector, and art dealer. Founder of the NY gallery Venus Over Manhattan
David Hudson
Founder of Hudson, Ohio
Joseph Coors
Chemical engineer, philanthropist, brewer, political think tank founder
Ross Erin Butler, Sr.
American businessman and founder of Ore-Ida
Frederick James Bacon
Banjo player, inventor, founder of Bacon Banjo Company, composer, recording artist, musician
Ellen Bernstein
American rabbi, environmentalist and founder of Shomrei Adamah
Thomas Halsey
Founder of Southampton, New York
Emily Jordan Folger
American literary scholar; co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library
James John
Founder of the settlement of St. Johns, Oregon, California and Oregon pioneer
John Wood
Founder and board co-chair of Room to Read
Meera Gandhi
Meera T. Gandhi is a well-known humanitarian who divides her time between New York City, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong. She is the founder and CEO of The Giving Back Foundation.
Russ Freeman
American jazz guitarist; founder and leader of The Rippingtons
Sophia Smith
American heir, business executive; founder of Smith College