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Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
television presenter, patron of the arts, television producer, film producer, businessperson, reporter, actor, voice actor, talk show host, autobiographer, journalist, motivational speaker, podcaster
- Tennessee State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bruce Fairchild Barton (1886-1967)
politician, essayist, entrepreneur, legislator, philanthropist
- Amherst College
Gavin McInnes (born 1970)
actor, entrepreneur, comedian, columnist, talk show host, film producer, film director, pundit, podcaster
- Carleton University, Concordia University
J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)
art collector, autobiographer, entrepreneur, industrialist, patron of the arts
- University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley
Dolly Parton (born 1946)
guitarist, country singer, actor, banjoist, autobiographer, businessperson, television actor, multi-instrumentalist, country musician, record producer, voice actor, film producer, composer, film actor, recording artist
Richard Weingardt (1938-2013)
civil engineer, engineer, businessperson
- University of Colorado, University of Colorado Denver
Sophia Collier (born 1956)
businessperson
Phil Knight (born 1938)
businessperson, entrepreneur, philanthropist
- University of Oregon, Stanford University