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Bernard Mannes Baruch
economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)
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James Buchanan Brady
United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917)
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Jay Cooke
United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
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Cosimo de Medici
Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)
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Stephen Girard
United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)
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Jay Gould
United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
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Sir Thomas Gresham
English financier (1519-1579)
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William Averell Harriman
United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)
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Johns Hopkins
United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
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Andrew William Mellon
United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937)
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John Pierpont Morgan
United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
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Robert Morris
leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)
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Cecil John Rhodes
British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
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Haym Salomon
American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785)
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Commodore Vanderbilt
United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
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Rothschild
any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe