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Founders in Arts & Letters
97 people, across 8 fields.
Field:
All
Technology & Building 38
Business & Labor 36
Arts & Letters 8
Ideas & Media 7
Reform & Rights 3
Crime & Notoriety 2
Science & Medicine 2
Government & Politics 1
Walt Disney 1901–1966Film, Television & ComedyAnimator and business magnate who created Mickey Mouse and built the world's largest entertainment empire.
George Lucas b. 1944Film, Television & ComedyFilmmaker who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones, later selling Lucasfilm to Disney for over $4 billion.
Jay-Z b. 1969MusicRapper and entrepreneur whose career helped move hip-hop from a subculture to the center of American business and culture.
Berry Gordy b. 1929MusicFounder of Motown, who turned an 800-dollar family loan into the Sound of Young AmericaSam Phillips 1923–2003MusicFounder of Sun Records
Isabella Stewart Gardner 1840–1924Visual Arts & DesignArt collector who built and filled Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Ahmet Ertegun 1923–2006MusicCo-founder of Atlantic Records
Harold Clurman 1901–1980Film, Television & ComedyCo-founder of the Group Theatre and drama critic of The Nation