Today's Famous Birthdays

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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
(23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812)

was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty.
Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild was ranked
seventh on the Forbes magazine list of "The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen
of All Time" in 2005.











William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
(February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963)

was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
integrated community. After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University
(in Berlin, Germany) and Harvard University, where he was the first African American
to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at
Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.












Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD MP
(born February 23, 1949)

is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served
as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Garneau was the minister
of foreign affairs from January to October 2021 and minister of transport from November 2015
to January 2021. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount.










Michael Saul Dell
(born February 23, 1965)

is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO
of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies. He is ranked
the 24th richest person in the world by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $45 billion
as of October 2022.

In 2011, his 243.35 million shares of Dell stock were worth $3.5 billion, giving him 12% ownership
of the company. His remaining wealth of roughly $10 billion is invested in other companies and
is managed by MSD Capital, which incorporates his initials. In January 2013 it was announced
that he had bid to take Dell Inc. private for $24.4 billion in the biggest management buyout since
the Great Recession. Dell Inc. officially went private in October 2013.

The company once again went public in December 2018.