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American Tobacco Company
COMPANY
Founded 1890 by James Buchanan Duke. An antitrust court ruling in 1911 severed the company into four pieces: American Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company (now Liggett Group), and Lorillard Tobacco. The remnant was eventually acquired by Brown & Williamson in 1994.
Industry:
Tobacco
Corporate headquarters:
Durham, NC
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
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Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jack Benny |
Actor |
14-Feb-1894 |
26-Dec-1974 |
The Jack Benny Show |
| Janet Blair |
Actor |
23-Apr-1921 |
19-Feb-2007 |
Night of the Eagle |
| Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| Joan Crawford |
Actor |
23-Mar-1905 |
10-May-1977 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Dolores del Rio |
Actor |
3-Aug-1905 |
11-Apr-1983 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Sally Eilers |
Actor |
11-Dec-1908 |
5-Jan-1978 |
Coroner Creek |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Alice Faye |
Actor |
5-May-1915 |
9-May-1998 |
Fallen Angel |
| Henry Fonda |
Actor |
16-May-1905 |
12-Aug-1982 |
12 Angry Men |
| Anne Francis |
Actor |
16-Sep-1930 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Forbidden Planet |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Miriam Hopkins |
Actor |
18-Oct-1902 |
9-Oct-1972 |
The Story of Temple Drake |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| Carole Lombard |
Actor |
6-Oct-1908 |
16-Jan-1942 |
My Man Godfrey |
| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
| Myrna Loy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
14-Dec-1993 |
The Thin Man |
| Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| Lilli Palmer |
Actor |
24-May-1914 |
27-Jan-1986 |
The Four Poster |
| Dick Powell |
Actor |
14-Nov-1904 |
2-Jan-1963 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| George Raft |
Actor |
26-Sep-1895 |
24-Nov-1980 |
Actor with Mafia ties |
| Edward G. Robinson |
Actor |
12-Dec-1893 |
26-Jan-1973 |
Key Largo |
| Barbara Stanwyck |
Actor |
16-Jul-1907 |
20-Jan-1990 |
Double Indemnity |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Gloria Swanson |
Actor |
27-Mar-1897 |
4-Apr-1983 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Robert Taylor |
Actor |
5-Aug-1911 |
8-Jun-1969 |
Quo Vadis |
| Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
5-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
| Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Lupe Velez |
Actor |
18-Jul-1908 |
13-Dec-1944 |
The Mexican Spitfire |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
| Florenz Ziegfeld |
Theatre Producer |
21-Mar-1869 |
22-Jul-1932 |
The Ziegfeld Follies |
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