The founders of American companies of world renown.*
Businesspeople (also businessmen or businesswomen ) are people involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, and physical capital. List of notable businesspeople Aerospace industry Jeff Preston Bezos (1964- ) USA Elon Musk , South Africa Thomas O Paine (1921-1992) USA Advertising Leo Burnett (1891 ...
What is a "notable?". "worthy of notice"; that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded". Notable in the sense of being "famous", or "popular"—although not irrelevant—is secondary.So let's celebrate our indigenous peoples (American Indian, First Nations, Aleuts, Caribbean Islands, Central and South American tribal peoples ... ) and their descendant...
Google from time to time honor people or events with a customized version of their logo. In the early years ( 2001 - 2007 ), this was a rare honor. Starting in 2008 Google expanded this effort to recognize regional people as well as global figures. There is a full list that can be searched and filtered at the Google Doodles Library . The goal of this project is to list and tag all of those hono...
Swedish celebrities with initial focus on the top 100 historical swedes. Myheritage free source "Famous People Throughout History" has 36791 profiles born in Sweden. Geneastar list of celebrities with known relatives
Birthdays of famous Jews throughout history. The project also includes people with Jewish ancestry (usually at least one Jewish grandparent). Generally, the project includes people with a Wikipedia page or an entry in the Jewish Encyclopedia or Jewish Women's Archive . Bold names are already on Geni and connected to the World Family Tree . Italicized names are on Geni but not yet connected to t...
Notable Victorians=Lots of changes took place during the Victorian era (1837 to 1901), and many people made important contributions to Victorian society in a wide variety of different ways. This project will help to learn more about some of these notable Victorians:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Queen Victoria ==Notable Victorian Scots==* Alexander Graham Bell * Robert Louis Stevenson ...
Notable Retailers The object of this project is to catalogue notable retailers or business magnates, founders of big chain stores etc., linking them to profiles and trees on GENi. These giants mostly started out as ordinary shopkeepers.The project is international.See also Shopkeepers where you can add profiles of those who were the backbone of society - ordinary shopkeepers.Related projects ...
Persons of note who were born, raised, or spent portions of their lives in the American Commonwealth of Kentucky. Additions to the list welcome.===notables===* John Adair pioneer and political leader;* Muhammad Ali , boxer* Alben W. Barkley vice president;* Louis D. Brandeis jurist;* John Mason Brown critic;* Kit Carson scout;* Champ Clark politician;* George Clooney actor;* Rosemary Clooney si...
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人 ) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the lar...
This project collects notable Filipino Americans, Including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable. Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos in North Ame...
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers, and students of Vilnius University from 1579 to the present day. If in your family tree you have an individual who was a notable professor, administrator, or student of high professional achievement (later in life), whose education was associated with Vilnius University, please add them to this project. It would be great if within the ...
Google from time to time honor people or events with a customized version of their logo. This is a sub-project of Google Doodle Directory . There is a full list that can be searched and filtered at the Google Doodles Library . The goal of this sub-project is to list all of those honored by Google in the early years ( 2001 - 2007 ). Profiles will be tagged to the parent project. Linked names hav...
This project aims to identify notable people of Tatar and Kataim descent, whose family roots, life, education, achievements are associated with Lithuania.If in your family tree you have an individual that was a Lithuanian Tatar or Karaim known for her/his life achievements, please add them to this project. It would be great if within profile description there would be brief biography.* Within o...
Lithuanian Americans who are Americans by citizen but are of Lithuanian descent or were born in Lithuania. Lithuanians began coming to the US as early as 17th century. Until about 1870s immigrants from the Lithuanian territory were mostly noble. Towards the end of 19th century peasant Lithuanians started to settle in the mining areas of the US such as Pennsylvania and other industrial areas lik...
Notable Swedish Americans This project collects notable Swedish Americans, Including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Swedish American or must have references showing they are Swedish American and are notable. New Sweden settlers are captured in “related” projects,...
British Radio and Television Personalities Please link the profiles of people who have either presented or hosted programs on British Radio or Television or were born in the United Kingdom and are radio or television personalities in other countries. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listener...
Notable Americans of Dutch descent The first Dutch settlers arrived in 1624 and founded a number of villages and a town called New Amsterdam on the East Coast, which would become the future world metropolis of New York. According to the 2006 United States Census, more than 5 million Americans claim total or partial Dutch heritage. Today the majority of the Dutch Americans live in California, Ne...
Notables of Welsh background===Before 1200==* Rhodri Mawr 820-878* Llywelyn the Great 1172-1240* Gwladys Ddu 1194-1251==1200-1699==* Cydafael Ynnyd 1212--* Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower) 1349-1415* Dafydd Gam (Davy Gam) 1351-1415* Einion Sais 1380--
This project aims to identify founders, notable teachers and students of Jagiellonian University from 1364 to the present day. If in your family tree you have an individual who was a notable professor, administrator or student of a high professional achievement (later in life), whose education was associated with Jagiellonian University, please add them to this project. It would be great if wit...
First Lithuanians came to work in coal mines and factories in Scotland in the end of 19th century. Many of immigrants then further emigrated to the US. In 1897 there were about 3000 Lithuanians in Scotland. Lithuanians established their parishes, communities, organizations and newspapers. The second wave, about 400 people, came after WWII. Draugas: The when, how and why of the Lithuanians in Sc...
Top 1000 Geniuses of All Time Johann Goethe , 210 IQ Isaac Newton , 205 IQ Albert Einstein , 205 IQ James Maxwell , 205 IQ Willard Gibbs , 205 IQ Leonardo da Vinci , 200 IQ Rudolf Clausius , 200 IQ Democritus , 195 IQ
Project contact: Private User also: Notable Black Britons ==Notable BAME Britons==
Project contact: Private User Black Britons==* Diane Abbott, MP * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje * Zain Asher * Dido Elizabeth Belle * Floella Benjamin * John Boyega * Melanie Brown * Naomi Campbell * Franz Drameh
Some people are notable enough to have actual chemical elements themselves named after them. This is a project to list them.==List==* Gd ₆₄ Gadolinium - Johan Jakobinpoika Gadolin * Cm ₉₆ Curium - Pierre Curie, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903 * Es ₉₉ Einsteinium - Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 * Fm ₁₀₀ Fermium - Enrico Fermi, Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 * Md ₁₀₁ Mendelevium - Dmitri...