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Loeks, John 'Jack' b. 1918 d. February 22, 2004
Businessman. Founder and president of the Jack Loeks Theatres chain. (Bio by: Butterfly)
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Abrahams, Gary b. 1944 d. 1992
Motion Pictures Figure. Along with partner Gary Essert, in 1971 he co-founded "FILMEX," the Los Angeles Film International Festival. Later, the two created the American Cinematheque in 1981. Both men passed away in 1992 due to the complication of AIDS. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Lincoln Terrace, L-4518
Adlon, Lorenz b. May 29, 1849 d. April 7, 1921
Businessman. He built the famous Hotel Adlon in Berlin, Germany in 1907. At one time it was the unofficial residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who preferred its comforts to the drafty halls of the Imperial Palace, and over the years it hosted celebrities ranging from Albert Einstein to ...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alter Domfriedhof St. Hedwig, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Agnelli, Giovanni b. August 12, 1866 d. December 16, 1945
Industrialist. He was the founder of the Fiat automobile company. Born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Italy, his father, the mayor of Villar Perosa, died at age 40, when Giovanni was just five. He studied at the Collegio San Giuseppe in Turin; then embarked on a military career until 1893 when he returned to Villar Perosa, where he followed in his father's footsteps and became mayor in 1895 (a position he held until his death). He heard about the invention of the (then) new...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Val Chisone, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Family Chapel
Agnelli, Umberto b. October 1, 1934 d. May 26, 2004
Industrialist. He was the Chairman of Italy's largest industrial group, Fiat, and one of Italy's richest men, who lived for years in the shadow of his flamboyant brother, Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, he endured a series of tragedies that began with the loss of his father when he was an infant, his mother in 1945, and continued through the deaths of two sons and then his brother in 2003. Umberto took the top job at Fiat in early 2003 following his brother Gianni's...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Val Chisone, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Family Chapel
Ahl, Per-Olof b. January 23, 1919 d. November 2, 1996
Businessman, Author. He was the founder of "KappAhl", one of the leading clothing companies in Scandinavia. he started his successful business in 1953, locating his new firm in a basement in Gothenburg, Sweden, and toured Sweden, selling coats from a bus. His early efforts proved successful, and his business soon grew to one of the biggest companies in its field. Today there are more than 280 stores in Scandinavia, Europe, and Asia. Per-Olof Ahl also wrote two books on his work and vision; "...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Örgryte gamla kyrkogård, Göteborg, VÃ¤stra GÃ¶talands lÃ¤n, Sweden
Aikawa, Yoshisuke b. November 6, 1880 d. February 13, 1967
Businessman. He founded what would become the Nissan Corporation. A native of Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial Industrial University. After his graduation he joined the Shibaura Engineering Works as a probationary worker. He went to the United States to learn technologies for casting, because he found casting methods in Japan to be inadequate and knew that the casting process was essential to mechanical industries. In 1910, he established the Tobata Casting Company...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Tama Reien Cemetery (Fuchu City), Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Akao, Yoshio b. 1907 d. 1985
Publisher, Broadcaster. He was the founder of Oubunsha, a cultural enterprise that served as a publisher for high school students. Before World War II, he wrote and published a famous English glossary for preparatory school students called "Akao No Mametan." He and his family became very wealthy from this endeavor and then began publishing various types of reference material for university entrance examinations. After World War II, he established a private radio station, "Bunka Housou." Its...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Tama Reien Cemetery (Fuchu City), Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Plot: 9-1-7
Albee, Persus Foster Eames b. May 30, 1836 d. December 7, 1914
Businesswoman. She was known as the "First Avon Lady". In 1886 became the first saleswoman for the California Perfume Company, a business that eventually became the multi-billion dollar Avon Products, Incorporated. She started selling the company's products in 1886 door-to-door, and rose to become the chief of sales for the business. It was her idea to recruit women to go door-to-door selling the products, emulating her successful practice, which game rise to the "Avon Lady".
Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Albertson, Joseph A. b. October 17, 1906 d. January 20, 1993
Businessman. He founded of Albertson's Supermarkets as a grocery store in Boise, idaho, and guided it as it grew to a chain of over 600 stores.
Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot: Section Q, Lot 149, Grave 1
Allan, Hugh Montague b. October 13, 1860 d. September 26, 1951
Businessman. A shipbuilder and avid sportsman, he established the Allan Cup, the championship prize of amateur hockey. He was made a Charter Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders Category in 1945. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Allen, Otway Slaughter b. April 8, 1851 d. February 17, 1911
Businessman. A Richmond real estate developer, he began the development of Monument Avenue in Richmond and donated the land at Allen and Monument Avenues on which the Robert E. Lee statue was placed. Served as a member of the Virginia Convention of 1901-1902.
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Allis, Barney L. b. 1886 d. April 17, 1962
Kansas City, Missouri businessman. Barney Allis owned and operated the Muehlebach Hotel at 12th and Baltimore, originally built by George E. Muehlebach in 1916. He also lived in the hotel. In 1941 he purchased and reopened what was originally the Standard Theatre at 12th and Central. Designed by the prominent Kansas City architect Louis Singleton Curtiss, the theatre was rich in history. Performers Maude Adams, Richard Mansfield, Sarah Bernhardt, Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, Eddie Foy, and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
Sheffield Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Allis, Edward b. May 12, 1824 d. April 1, 1889
Businessman. Founder of Allis Chalmers. Entrepreneur and manufacturing innovator of steam engines, agricultural equipment, and heavy machinery. Graduating from Union College in Schenectady, New York, he moved to Wisconsin in 1846 and married Margaret Watson, eventually having twelve children. He first started in the leather tannery business in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and by 1854 had confined his business operations to banking and real estate. He purchased Milwaukee‚s Reliance Works in 1860...[Read More] (Bio by: Curt Orth)
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Allison, James A. b. August 11, 1872 d. August 3, 1928
Businessman. Indianapolis Speedway Co-Founder. In 1927, he became the sole owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and it was he who sold it to World War I Hero Eddie Rickenbacker. Rickenbacker sold the track to Anton Hulman, Jr. in 1946. (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Section 23, Lot 2
Ancel, Nathan S. b. August 28, 1908 d. May 31, 1999
Businessman. Born Nathan Ancelowitz, he co-founded the Ethan Allen Furniture Company with his brother-in-law, Thoedore Baumritter. In 1932, the two started a housewares company. They purchased a bankrupt furniture manufacturer in Vermont, and in 1939 introduced an early-American line of furniture under the name Ethan Allen. It became their biggest seller and they changed the name of their company to Ethan Allen, Inc. Ancel pioneered the concept of selling furniture in room-like, or gallery...[Read More] (Bio by: Ginny M)
Sharon Gardens Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Section Temple Israel White Plains, Lot 12 GPS: 41.08491 -73.78925
Anderson, Robert Orville b. April 13, 1917 d. December 2, 2007
Industrialist, Philanthropist. Born in Chicago to Swedish immigrants, he founded the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company in 1966, which came to be known as ARCO and was the seventh largest oil company in the nation. He is best known for ARCO's 1968 discovery of the giant Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska, the largest ever discovered in North America. Not just a business man, he was president and then chairman of the Aspen Institute over the course of 30 years. Concerned about global warming, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
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Anderson, Stikkan 'Stig' b. 1931 d. 1997
Musicial Producer, Businessman. Producer of 1970s Swedish musical group "ABBA." He was also the founder of "The Polar Price."
Galärvarvskyrkogården, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Ando, Momofuku b. March 5, 1910 d. January 5, 2007
Corporate executive and inventor. Ando worked at clothing companies in Taipei and Osaka, and studied at Ritsumeikan University. In 1948 he founded the food company that later became Nissin, the producer of instant Ramen Noodles. Ando was inspired to develop instant noodles on a cold night shortly after World War II when he saw a long line of people waiting to buy freshly made ramen at a black market food stall. His efforts to develop a marketable pre-packaged food led to his invention of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
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Andrews, Samuel b. 1836 d. 1904
Businessman. English immigrant who became a pioneer in the oil industry and cofounder of the Standard Oil Company. (Bio by: Joyce)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 9, Lot 11

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