- Steve Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes Jr. (born July 18, 1947), is the son of Malcolm Forbes and the editor-in-chief of business magazine "Forbes" as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996 and 2000 and is currently National Co-Chair and a Senior Policy Advisor to Rudolph Giuliani's 2008 campaign. - Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of "Forbes magazine", founded by his father B.C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes. He was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School and Princeton University, where he donated the money for Forbes College, one of the five residential colleges at the University. He received an honorary degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and was initiated as an honorary member of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. - B. C. Forbes
Bertie Charles Forbes (May 14, 1880 - May 6, 1954) was a financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine. B.C. Forbes was born in New Deer, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. After studying at University of Dundee in Scotland, in 1897 Forbes worked as a reporter and editorial writer with a local Dundee newspaper until 1901 when he moved to Johannesburg, … - Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, … - Sir William Forbes 6th Baronet
Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (5 April, 1739 - 12 November, 1806) was a Scottish banker, born in Edinburgh to William Forbes, 5th Baronet, and Christian Forbes. On 20 September, 1870 he married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Sir James Hay of Haystoun, 4th Baronet of Smithfield and Dorriel Campbell. They had six children. - George Forbes 3rd Earl of Granard
George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard PC (October 21 1685 - 1765), naval commander and diplomatist, son of Arthur Forbes, 2nd Earl of Granard, by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet, of Moira, county Down, was born in Ireland 21 October 1685, and was for a time at the grammar school at Drogheda. His grandfather, Arthur Forbes, first earl, died when young Forbes was about twelve years of age. Coming to London with his grandmother in 1702, … - Alexander Forbes 1st Lord Forbes
Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380-1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish peer. Forbes was the eldest son of John de Forbes of the Black Lip. He fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Around 1444 King James I raised him to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Forbes. He died in 1448 and was succeeded in the lordship of parliament by his son James. - Bernard Forbes 8th Earl of Granard
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard KP GCVO PC (September 17 1874-September 10 1948), known as Viscount Forbes from 1874 to 1889, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Liberal politician. Granard was the son of George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, and Hon. Mary Frances Petre, daughter of William Bernard Petre, 12th Baron Petre. He succeeded as eighth Earl of Granard on the death of his father in 1889, aged only 14. - James Forbes 16th Lord Forbes
James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes (d. 29 July 1804) was the son of William Forbes, 14th Lord Forbes. In 1760, he married Catherine Innes and they had three children: *Mary Elizabeth Forbes (d. 1803) *Marjory Forbes (1761-1842) *James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (1765-1843) - Sir Ewan Forbes 11th Baronet
Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar (September 6 1912 - 1991), born Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and later known as Ewan Forbes-Sempill, was the 11th Baronet of Craigievar from 1968 to his death, as well as a general practitioner and farmer. Forbes was born the third and youngest daughter of John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill and 9th Baronet in 1912, christened Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and known to the family as "Betty". - Sir Arthur Forbes 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baronet of Castle Forbes, county Longford, Ireland, (c1590 - 1632) took part in the Scottish Plantation of Ireland, and died in a duel at Hamburg, Germany. - Gregory S. Forbes
Dr. Greg Forbes is The Weather Channel's current severe weather expert. Born and raised near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University. He studied tornadoes and severe thunderstorms at the University of Chicago, where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. Dr. Forbes was one of two students to study with famous tornado scientist Ted Fujita. - Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes (born "Ralph Taylor" September 30, 1896 in London - died March 31, 1951 in New York, New York) was a British actor in the American cinema. He was the son of actress Mary Forbes and brother of actress Brenda Forbes. He married three times; first to actress Ruth Chatterton in 1924, then to actress Heather Angel in 1934,. and finally to actress Dora Sayers in 1946. - China Forbes
China Forbes is an American singer and songwriter, and the lead singer of Pink Martini. Born April 29, 1970 and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she comes from a multiracial background. Her father is Cameron D. Forbes and her mother is Peggy Woodford Forbes. She also has a sister, Maya C. Forbes. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy ('88), then studied visual arts at Harvard University ('92), where she met fellow student Thomas M Lauderdale, … - Robert Bennet Forbes
Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (September 18, 1804 - November 23, 1889), was a sea-captain, China merchant, ship-owner, and writer. He was born in Jamaica Plain near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph Bennet and Margaret (Perkins) Forbes, and brother of John Murray Forbes. As a member of the Forbes family of Boston, much of his wealth was derived from the opium and China trade of the 19th century. Indeed, he played a prominent role in the outbreak of the Opium War. - John Murray Forbes
John Murray Forbes (February 23 1813 - October 12 1898) was an American railroad magnate and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s - Francis Blackwell Forbes
Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839 - 1908) was a China merchant, opium trader and botanist. He and other members of the Forbes family were active in the Opium trade and China trade during the Opium Wars, amassing a large fortune. Due to his family's deep involvement with the opium trade and opium, Forbes developed a lifelong interest in the poppy and other plants, and in Chinese botany in general. He was the son of James Grant Forbes I and brother of John Murray Forbes. - William Cameron Forbes
William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 - December 24, 1959), was governor-general of the Philippines and an investment banker. He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes, president of the Bell Telephone Company, and of Edith Emerson, a daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. US Ambassador to Japan, 1930-1932. Forbes received an LL.D. from Bates College in 1932. He was on the Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institution of Washington and a Life Member of the Corp, … - Stanhope Forbes
Stanhope Alexander Forbes R.A., (18 November 1857, Dublin – March 2 1947 Newlyn, Cornwall), was an artist and member of the then influential Newlyn school of painters. He was married to fellow painter Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (1859-1912). Forbes studied art at the Lambeth School of Art, then in Paris under Léon Bonnat. He moved to Newlyn in Cornwall in 1884, which was to be his home for the rest of his life. - Emma Forbes
Emma Forbes (born 14 May 1965 in London) is an English television presenter. - Adrian Forbes
Adrian Emmanuel Forbes is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Blackpool. His position is as a right midfielder. Forbes began his career at Norwich City. He played under several different managers in his six years at Carrow Road, including Martin O'Neill, Mike Walker and Bruce Rioch. In the summer of 2001 he moved to Luton in a £60,000 deal. After three seasons at Kenilworth Road, Forbes signed for Swansea City on a free transfer. - Michelle Forbes
Michelle Forbes (born Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo on January 8, 1965 in Austin, Texas) is an American actress. Forbes is best known for her television work on shows such as "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Homicide: Life on the Street", "24", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Prison Break". - Michael Forbes
Michael Patrick Forbes (born July 16, 1952) is a politician from the state of New York. Forbes was born in Riverhead, N.Y., and he graduated from the State University of New York at Albany. Forbes worked as an assistant for Sen. Al D'Amato and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. In 1994, Forbes ran for the House of Representatives as a Republican. He defeated incumbent George Hochbrueckner by six percentage points. Forbes got a seat on the powerful Appropriations committee, … - James A. Forbes
The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. (born 1935), is the Distinguished Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church, an interdenominational (American Baptist and United Church of Christ) church on the border of the Morningside Heights and Harlem neighborhoods on the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. He is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches and the Original United Holy Church of America. - Alex Forbes
Alexander Rooney Forbes (born January 21, 1925) is a Scottish former footballer. Born in Dundee, Forbes started his career playing wartime matches with Dundee North End, before signing for Sheffield United. He was a regular for United in the first two seasons of competitive football after the war ended, but he was sidelined by an attack of appendicitis midway through the 1948-49 season and could not regain his place afterwards. - Jake Forbes
Vernor "Jake" Forbes (Born - July 4 1897 in Toronto, Ontario - Died - December 30, 1985),, was a Canadian Professional Hockey Goaltender who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Patricks, Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Philadelphia Quakers. - Daniel Forbes
Daniel Hugh Forbes, Jr. was born (June 6, 1920 - June 5, 1948) was an American aviator. Born in Carbondale, Kansas, the only child of Daniel Sr., and Hattie Forbes of Topeka, Kansas. He married the former Hazel Moog of Defiance, Ohio, having graduated North High School in Wichita, Kansas. Later, he attended Wichita University (now Wichita State University) and Kansas State College, in Manhattan, … - Dave Forbes
David Stephen Forbes (born November 16, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Signed as a free agent in 1973 by the Boston Bruins, Forbes made an impact as a defensive-minded forward as he helped guide the Bruins to the finals in 1974 during his rookie season, and to the finals in 1977. Forbes played four seasons with Boston until he was claimed by the Washington Capitals in the Waiver Draft prior to the 1977-78 season. - John Forbes
Sir John Forbes (1787-1861) MD Edin FRCP Lond DCL (Oxon.), FRS, distinguished Scottish physician, famous for his translation of the classic French medical text, "De L'Auscultation Mediate" by R.T.H. Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope. He was physician to Queen Victoria 1841-1861. In 1852 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford, and he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1853. - Lisa Forbes
Lisa Marie Forbes (born in 1982) is a beauty queen from Overland Park, Kansas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Forbes was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2004 on November 30, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas. She had previously competed in the pageant for five consecutive years, winning the interview award three times. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2002, third runner-up in 2001 and a non-finalist in 2000. - George L. Forbes
George Lawrence Forbes (born April 4, 1931) is an African American politician of the Democratic Party. From 1974 to 1989, Forbes served as one of the most powerful presidents of Cleveland City Council. In 1961, he passed the Ohio bar exam and began practing law. In 1963, he became a Cleveland councilman for Ward 27. By this time, African Americans held ten of thirty seats in council. He later was elected council president in 1973 and assumed office in 1974. - P. J. Forbes
Patrick Joseph Forbes (born September 22, 1967 in Pittsburg, Kansas) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played from 1998-2001. Forbes was drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1990 amateur draft. He would see playing time with two teams in his career, the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies. He primarily played in the minor leagues, however. He is currently the manager of the Reading Phillies. - James David Forbes
James David Forbes (April 20, 1809 - December 31, 1868) was a Scottish physicist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat, seismology and glaciology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for his entire life, educated at the University and a professor there from 1833. He was born in Edinburgh, the fourth son of Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet, of Pitsligo. He entered the University of Edinburgh in 1825, … - George William Forbes
George William Forbes (12 March 1869 - 17 May, 1947) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Few expected him to become Prime Minister when he did, and some believed him unsuitable, but he nevertheless remained in that office for five years. Often referred to as "Honest George", Forbes had a reputation for rare debating skill and impressive memory, … - Stephen Forbes
Stephen Felipe Forbes, better known as Steve Forbes, (born February 26, 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada), is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF and USBA Super Featherweight titleholder. Forbes turned pro in 1996; he won the IBF belt on December 3, 2000, after it had been vacated by Diego Corrales, by an 8<sup>th</sup> round TKO of John Brown. On August 18, 2002, he lost the title when he couldn't make weight for a fight against David Santos, … - Francis Forbes
Sir Francis Forbes (1784 - 8 November 1841) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He was born in 1784, and educated in Bermuda. At the age of 19 he traveled to London, England to enter Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1812 and became a Crown Law Officer in Bermuda. He married Amelia Sophia Grant in 1813. In 1816 he was invited to be Chief Justice of Newfoundland, … - John Forbes
John Forbes (September 1, 1950 - January 23, 1998) was an Australian poet. - Duncan Forbes
Duncan Forbes (April 28, 1798 - August 17, 1868) was a Scottish linguist. He was born at Kinnaird, Perthshire and brought up by his grandfather from the age of three as a result of his parents and younger brother emigrating to America. Illiterate until the age of 13 he showed no early signs of linguistic ability, but despite this late start at age 17 he was appointed schoolmaster of the village of Stralock. - Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes, CBE (born John Theobald Clark on July 22 1926 in London) is an English film director, actor and writer. - Fiona Forbes
Fiona Forbes is a Canadian television personality who is currently hosting the entertainment talk show Urban Rush on Shaw Cable in Vancouver, British Columbia. Forbes received a degree in History from the University of British Columbia and had planned to go to Law School. Instead, on a whim she enrolled in the Journalism Program at The British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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