37) Charles Stratton But He’s Better Known as General Tom Thumb Born: 4 January 1838, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America Died: 15 July 1883, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America Charles is considered to be one of the most famous dwarves in history, and the first internationally known superstar. Charles was discovered by PT…
37) Safra Catz Who says girls can’t run with the big dogs? Born: 1 December 1961, Holon, Israel Current co-CEO of Oracle (serving in that capacity since 2014). Safra has been a part of the board of directors at Oracle since 2001. She was previously President and CFO of Oracle and she started there in…
36) Steve Irwin Just Like with Oprah, I Don’t Need to Say More, but I Will Born: 22 February 1962, Essendon, Australia Died: 4 September 2006, Batt Reef, Australia Steve was raised in an animal friendly home, with his parents opening a reptile park in 1970. He spent his childhood catching and rescuing reptiles from…
36) Sherilyn “Sheri” McCoy Who Says Business and Science Can’t Mix? Born: 1959, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States of America Former CEO of Avon Beauty (from 2012 to 2018). She became a director of Novocure in 2018. Before working at Avon, she was pretty high up on the Board of Directors for Johnson and Johnson. Sheri…
35) John Collins He Testified About It! Born: 24 October 1894, Belfast, Ireland (Present-Day Belfast, Northern Ireland) Died: 6 February 1941, Belfast, Ireland (Present-Day Belfast, Northern Ireland) John grew up in a poor Roman Catholic household and was one of nine siblings. His father died when he was younger, and so he had to help…
35) Mindy Grossman She isn’t scared to do a little paperwork Born: 8 September 1957, Long Island City, New York, United States of America Former CEO of HSN Inc. She is the current CEO of WW (Aka Weight Watchers) since 2017. Mindy used to work for Nike and used to be CEO of Polo Jeans…
34) William Carter His RMS Titanic Story is Arguably the Saddest I’ve Ever Heard Born: 14 September 1900, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, United States of America Died: 28 January 1985, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States of America William traveled aboard the RMS Titanic in the First Class, alongside his parents, sister, and three family servants…
34) Oprah Winfrey I Don’t Really Need to Say More, But I Will Born: 29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States of America Innovator and businesswoman whose current net worth is valued somewhere in the ballpark of $2.5 Billion. Oprah is arguably best known for her talk show that ran from 1986 to 2011—then she…
33) William Coutts Jr Barely Survived the RMS Titanic Sinking Born: 16 October 1902, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom Died: 25 December 1957, Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America He was called Willie by his family. His family was poor and hailed from Scotland. They sailed in Third Class, despite his father saving up enough money…
33) Barbara Walters Pioneering Journalist and Media Personality Born: 25 September 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 30 December 2022, Manhattan, New York, United States of America Barbara was the first woman to ever become co-anchor of an evening news program on a major network. Barbara worked for many years on The Today…