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Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
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Selena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and producer. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), and emerged as a teen idol for her leading role as Alex Russo on the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012). She signed with Hollywood Records in 2008 and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which released three albums: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011).
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking barriers for Latino Americans in Hollywood and helping propel the Latin pop movement in music. She is also known for her cultural impact through fashion, branding, and shifting mainstream beauty standards.
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Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Tejano Music", she is known for her contributions to popular music and fashion, which made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited for catapulting the Tejano genre into the mainstream market.
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Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at age 19 for portraying Max Guevara, the lead character in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her cinematic breakthrough came shortly after with the lead role in Honey (2003).
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of George Washington. He also founded America's first political party, the Federalist Party, in 1791.
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John D. Rockefeller
American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
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Mary Pickford
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
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Drew Barrymore
American actress (born 1975)
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David Letterman
American comedian and television host
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Aaron Burr
vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)
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Charles Laughton
British-American actor (1899–1962)
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George Eastman
American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer (1854–1932)
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Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
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Stephen Covey
American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)
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Roderick MacKinnon
American neuroscientist
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George Westinghouse
American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)
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Martha Stewart
American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
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Logan Paul
Logan Alexander Paul is an American influencer, professional wrestler, entrepreneur, boxer, singer and actor. He has over 23 million subscribers on his YouTube channel Logan Paul Vlogs and has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest-paid YouTube creators in 2017, 2018, and 2021. He is the co-founder of beverage company Prime and snack brand Lunchly. Paul has also run the Impaulsive podcast since November 2018, which has over four million YouTube subscribers. In December 2025, Paul was appointed General Partner of the venture capital firm Anti Fund, which was co-founded by his brother Jake Paul. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since June 2022, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is a member of The Vision stable and is one-half of the World Tag Team Champions with stablemate Austin Theory in their first reign, both as a team and individually. He is also a former one-time WWE United States Champion.
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Elizabeth Holmes
American biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of fraud
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William Boeing
American aviation pioneer
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Vera Wang
American fashion designer (born 1949)
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Vivek Ramaswamy
American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
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Stacey Abrams
American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author (born 1973)
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John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
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Tracey Ullman
British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director
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Dick Powell
American actor (1904-1963)
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Helena Rubinstein
Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
Phil Knight
American billionaire and co-founder of Nike
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Chris Hughes
American entrepreneur
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Jessica Jung
South Korean-American singer
Laurene Powell Jobs
American political activist, business executive, philanthropist, heiress, billionaire
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Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
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Ronald Lauder
American businessman, art collector, philanthropist, political activist
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Sanford B. Dole
American judge (1844-1926)
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Mehmet Öz
Turkish-American surgeon, TV host, and government official (born 1960)
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Jack Tramiel
American businessman (1928-2012)
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Mike Lindell
American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist (born 1961)
Sara Blakely
American businesswoman (1971-)
Penny Pritzker
American billionaire businesswoman (born 1959)
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Cytherea
American pornographic actress and model
Margaret Weis
American fantasy novelist (born 1948)
Shahid Khan
American businessman (born 1950)
Tory Burch
American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist
Stan Kroenke
American businessman
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd is an American entrepreneur most notable as the founder, executive chair, and CEO of Bumble. She is a co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
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Tom Steyer
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American businessman, philanthropist, and environmentalist. He is the founder of Farallon Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund, as well as NextGen America, a progressive political action committee, and Galvanize Climate Solutions, a climate change-centered investment firm. A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran for the party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Peter Norton
American programmer, software publisher
Kyle Busch
American racing driver and team owner
Huda Kattan
CEO of Huda Beauty
Douglas Tompkins
American environmentalist
Herbert Boyer
American researcher and businessman
Ray Nagin
American politician and businessman
Jeff Zients
American businessman and politician (born 1966), 31th White House Chief of Staff
Jerry Buss
American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)
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Jerry Jones
Jerral Wayne Jones Sr. is an American billionaire businessman who is the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He bought the team from Bum Bright in 1989.
Steve Wynn
American businessman
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Alex Karp
Alexander Caedmon Karp is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the software firm Palantir Technologies.