- Dion Fortune
Violet Mary Firth Evans, born Violet Mary Firth (December 6 1890 - 1946) and better known as Dion Fortune, was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "God, not fate") - John Fortune
John Fortune (born John Wood on June 30, 1939 in Bristol) is a British satirist, comedian writer and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series "Bremner, Bird and Fortune". He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird. His early career included contributions to Peter Cook's "Establishment Club" team, … - Quinton Fortune
Quinton Fortune is a South African football player. He is currently without a club, having been released by Bolton Wanderers. Fortune left South Africa at the age of 14 and moved to England where he played for the Tottenham Hotspur junior team, but never made a senior appearance for the club. He then moved to Spain where he played for Atlético Madrid. Manchester United purchased him from Atlético Madrid on 1 August 1999. - Timothy Thomas Fortune
Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856 - June 2, 1928) was an orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was born during slavery in Marianna, Jackson County, Florida to Emanuel and Sarah Jane Fortune. - Robert Fortune
Robert Fortune (September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880), was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India. - Victor Fortune
Major General Sir Victor Morven Fortune was a British Army officer who commanded the British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during the Battle of France. He was captured during the battle and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. - Amos Fortune
Amos Fortune (born c. 1710 died 1801) was a prominent African-American citizen of Jaffrey, New Hampshire in the 1700's. Born free in Africa and brought to America as a slave, Fortune purchased his freedom at the age of sixty and moved to Jaffrey to start a tanning business. Documents now archived at the Jaffrey Public Library testify to his literacy, community position, and financial success. His life provided the basis for Elizabeth Yates's children's book "Amos Fortune, … - Jonathan Fortune
Jonathan Jay Fortune (born August 23, 1980 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer currently playing for Stoke City on loan from Charlton Athletic. Fortune plays in the centre of defence and his squad number for Charlton Athletic is 24. After coming through the Charlton youth ranks and two loan spells at Mansfield Town, Fortune made his Charlton debut during the 2001-02 season and has been a regular figure in the Charlton first team since. - E. Charlton Fortune
E. Charlton Fortune (1885 - 1969) was a famous California artist within the style of Impressionism. Taught by William Merritt Chase and Arthur Frank Mathews, she achieved international fame for her paintings. Later in life she turned to liturgical design, receiving further recognition in this second genre. - Chad Fortune
Chad Fortune (born August 13 1967) is a monster truck driver, former professional football player and former professional wrestler in both WWF and WCW. - Rose Fortune
Rose Fortune (13 March? 1774 - 20 February 1864) was the first female police officer in what is now Canada. Fortune moved to Nova Scotia during her childhood, following her birth in Virginia and early life under slavery in the United States. During her years in Nova Scotia, she engaged in various business ventures prior to instituting law enforcement in Annapolis Royal. Her police work focused on that community's port. - Scott Fortune
Scott Thomas Fortune (born January 23, 1966 in Newport Beach, California) is an former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Fortune served as captain of 1992 bronze-medalist Olympic team, while posting 117 kills and nine blocks. He was named best digger at the 1992 Summer Olympics. - Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born July 21981 in Cayenne, French Guyana is a French professional football (soccer) player, currently with AS Nancy. - Clayton Fortune
Clayton Alexander Fortune (born November 10 1982 in Forest Gate, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Leyton Orient. - Seán Fortune
Fr. Seán Fortune was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and alleged child sexual abuser. Media reporting frequently characterised him as a paedophile, and of using his position to gain access to his victims. Born in New Ross, County Wexford, Fortune was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford, which was the diocesan seminary of the diocese of Ferns. It was during his training that the church authorities became aware that Fortune was engaged in abuse. - James Fortune
James Fortune is a gospel music singer. He is a graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas, and attended Cal State Northridge. He released his critically acclaimed debut cd "You Survived" in January 2005. He was honored at the 19th annual ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards for his hit single "You Survived" off the same album. - Kevin Braheny Fortune
Kevin Braheny Fortune is an American musician. He composes and performs quiet ambient music, often more melodic than other of this kind. Kevin Braheny was on the early design team of Serge Modular, a company building modular synthesizers. He was also the chief engineer at Sound Transform Systems headed by Rex Probe. In 1977, he built the highly customized "The Mighty Serge", a 15-panel system, that he would use on his own albums. - Elliott Fortune
Elliott Fortune (born May 28, 1974, in Roosevelt, New York) is a former player in the NFL. He played for the Baltimore Ravens. He attended Georgia Tech for college. - J.D. Fortune
J.D. Fortune is the stage name of Jason Dean Fortune (born September 1, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario), a Canadian rock singer, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series "Rock Star: INXS", and the current singer of rock band INXS for their latest album "Switch". He was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and raised in Salt Springs, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. - Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune (born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. In New York City he recorded with and appeared live with drummer Elvin Jones's band.. In 1968 he was a member of Mongo Santamaria band, before he performed with singer Leon Thomas and McCoy Tyner (1971-73). In 1974 he replaced Dave Liebman in Miles Davis's band, … - James Surowiecki
James Michael Surowiecki is an American journalist. He is staff writer at "The New Yorker", where he writes a regular column on business and finance called "The Financial Page". Surowiecki's writing has appeared in a wide range of publications, including "The New York Times", the "Wall Street Journal", "Artforum", "Wired", and "Slate". - Stanley Bing
Stanley Bing is the pen name of Gil Schwartz, a business humorist and novelist. He has written a column for Fortune magazine for more than ten years, after having spent a decade at Esquire, and has written many books (see below). Schwartz is public relations executive for CBS. He would prefer that this remain a secret, as it was for the first ten years of Bing's existence. - Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn is CEO of Renault and Nissan Motors. He is largely credited with turning around Nissan. As an outsider in charge of one of Japan's largest companies, Ghosn has been extremely successful. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by "Fortune" magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, Nissan's partner and shareholder, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well. - John Ross
CSgt John Ross, Esq. was a very successful Victorian businessman with substantial retail interests. His fortune was stolen by a lawyer on his death. - Master P
Percy Robert Miller (born April 29, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known as Master P is an entrepreneur, businessman, marketer, and rap artist. He is the founder and CEO of No Limit Enterprises, an entertainment and financial conglomerate." Fortune" magazine listed Master P as one of the wealthiest men under the age of 40 in North America, with a net worth of $361 million in 1999 - Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller is an American journalist, and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a monthly columnist for "Fortune", regular contributor to "The New York Times Magazine" and "The Atlantic Monthly", and author of "The Two Percent Solution". Miller also makes regular appearances on television news networks such as CNN and MSNBC. - Bethany McLean
Bethany McLean (born 1970) is a senior editor and business writer for Fortune magazine and is best known as the co-author, with Fortune colleague Peter Elkind, of "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (ISBN 1591840082), exposing the corrupt business practices of Enron officials. - Charles Prince
Charles O. "Chuck" Prince, III, born January_13, 1950, is the chief executive officer of Citigroup. Before taking over Citi's investment banking business, Prince had been Chief Operating Officer for Citigroup. He started his career as an attorney with U.S. Steel Corp in 1975. In 1979, he joined Commercial Credit Co., a predecessor to Citigroup that Sandy Weill took over in 1986. From there, as Weill put together his financial empire, Prince was with him every step. - Hecuba
Hecuba (also Hekabe Greek: "Εκάβη") was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy. She was of Phrygian birth; her father was Dymas, and her mother (Eunoë) was said to be a daughter of the god of the River Sangarius, the principal river of ancient Phrygia. In the Iliad Hecuba appears as the mother of Hector, and laments his death in a well-known speech in Book 24 of the epic. With the god Apollo, Hecuba had a son named Troilus. - Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler (born October 3, 1928) is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communications revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity. A former associate editor of "Fortune" magazine, his early work focused on technology and its impact (through effects like information overload). Then he moved to examining the reaction of and changes in society. - Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan is the current United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Sullivan was notable for his prosecution of airport workers arrested at Logan Airport as part of "Operation Tarmac". The Logan 19 were airport workers, arrested as part of Operation Tarmac, because they had lied about their nationality on the job applications. According to the Boston Phoenix: :"It’s true that life has changed since September 11. But with one exception, … - Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman is a freelance journalist who edits Wi-Fi Networking News, a widely cited early news blog that covers wireless data networking. Fleishman founded one of the earliest Web development firms, Point of Presence Company, worked at Amazon.com from 1996 to 1997, and runs isbn.nu, a book price comparison service. Fleishman has a degree in art (graphic design) from Yale College, Yale University (1990), … - Peter Brimelow
Peter Brimelow (born 1947) is a British American financial journalist, author, and founder of VDARE. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including "Forbes," the "Financial Post", and "National Review". Outside financial circles, he is best known for his writings on immigration policy and hosting the anti-illegal alien website Vdare.com. Brimelow founded the Center for American Unity in 1999 and served as its first president, … - Nina Easton
Nina Easton (born 1958) is Washington Bureau Chief for "Fortune Magazine" and a commentator on the Fox News Channel, appearing regularly on Special Report with Brit Hume and Fox News Sunday. Prior to joining Fortune in 2006, she served as Deputy Bureau Chief and lead political writer for the "Boston Globe". She has also appeared as a commentator on ABC's "This Week," CBS's "Face the Nation," CNN's "News night" and PBS's "Washington Week," among others. - Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell (born 10 May 1919 in New York) is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Harvard University. He graduated from City College of New York with a B.A. in sociology. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is a scholar in residence of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, Bell taught sociology at Columbia University. He is also known for his contributions as an editor to "The Public Interest Magazine", … - Mel Karmazin
Mel Karmazin is Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS XM Radio, America's satellite radio company delivering the "The Best Radio on Radio" to more than 18.5 million subscribers, including 100% commercial free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather. Karmazin oversees all aspects of the company's operations from its New York City corporate headquarters. Previously, he was President and COO of Viacom from May 2000 until June 2004. - Mario Gabelli
Mario Joseph Gabelli (born June 19, 1942) is an American stock investor, investment advisor and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors) a $30 billion dollar global investment firm headquartered in Rye, New York. "Forbes" magazine's 2006 Forbes 400 rankings listed as #346 on the list of wealthiest Americans and estimated his net worth at $1.0 billion. - Bobby Kotick
Robert "Bobby" Kotick, chairman and CEO of American computer game company Activision, Inc., is credited for bringing back a near bankrupt game company (Activision) and transforming it into one of the most successful publishing houses to date. At a time when game companies were laying off droves of employees and closing their doors, with Kotick's lead, Activision grouped together key staff, signed on star developers, … - William H. Whyte
William Hollingsworth "Holly" Whyte (1917- January 12 1999) was an American sociologist, journalist, and peoplewatcher. Whyte was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1917 and died in New York City in 1999. An early graduate of St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware, he graduated from Princeton University and then served in Marine Corps. In 1946 he joined Fortune magazine. - Michael O'Brien
Michael O’Brien is an American photographer noted for his portraiture. O’Brien took up photography at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he became a photographer for the student newspaper. After graduation, O'Brien went to work as a staff photographer for The Miami News, where he eventually won two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism awards. O’Brien then moved to New York City where he began photographing people for Life, Geo, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, …
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