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Donald Trump
One of the world’s most famous businessmen, with high profile projects in real estate, media, and many other areas. His TV show, The Apprentice,
Julia Stewart
Began career as 16-year-old waitress in one of IHOP’s pancake palaces. Now CEO and chair of the board of IHOP Corp., which is the
Luke Ravenstahl
Leonidas Polk
“Pelé”
One of the most famous and revered soccer players of all time, Pelé received the 1978 International Peace Award, and was named athlete of
James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens
In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he became an internationally famous athlete by winning four track and field gold medals, and, as
John McCain
Daniel Kirkwood
Kirkwood was the first to suggest that meteor showers were actually debris from comets. He went on to identify the distance of planets to
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst at his peak owned 28 major newspapers and 18 magazines, along with several radio stations and movie companies. He sensationalized journalism with the