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Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz is the businessman who made Starbucks a household name for coffee drinkers, then turned his attention to flirting with a run for the United States presidency. He grew up in New York…

Howard Heinz Biography

Howard Heinzbusiness executive, philanthropistBorn: 1877Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began working in his father's food business in 1900, becoming president in 1919. Under his stewardship…

Howard Johnson Biography

Howard JohnsonrestaurateurBorn: 1896Birthplace: Boston, Mass. As post-War America began taking to the open road, Howard Johnson was there offering road-side meals and ice-cream that catered…

Howard Hawks Biography

Howard HawksdirectorBorn: 5/30/1896Birthplace: Goshen, Indiana American film director whose work spanned nearly all movie genres—musicals, gangster movies, comedies, action adventures, war…

Ron Howard Biography

Ron Howardactor, producer, directorBorn: 3/1/1954Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma Actor, producer, and director who was television's “all-American boy” and is one of film's most respected…

Leslie Howard Biography

Leslie Howard(Leslie Howard Steiner)actorBorn: 4/3/1893Birthplace: London, England Though he received two Oscar nominations for leading roles in Pygmalion (1938) and Berkeley Square (1933), he is…

William Howard Taft

William Howard TaftBorn: 9/15/1857Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15, 1857. A Yale graduate, he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s…

Brewer's: Norfolk-Howards

Bugs. A man named Bugg, in 1863, changed his name into Norfolk-Howard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Norfolk StreetNorfolk A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: Green Howards

(The). The 19th Foot, named from the Hon. Charles Howard, colonel from 1738 to 1748. Green was the colour of their regimental facings, now white, and the regiment is called “The Princess…