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  1. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world.

  2. Apr 22, 2021 · Howard Hughes was an aviator and film director who inherited his family's successful oil tool business and began investing in films. He produced several films, including the hit Hell's...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0400652Howard Hughes - IMDb

    Howard Hughes. Billionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Humble, Texas just north of Houston. He studied at two prestigious institutions of higher learning: Rice University in Houston and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

  4. When Howard Hughes took his last breath it was 1:27 on the morning of April 5, 1976, and he was in an airplane over northern Mexico on his way to a Texas hospital. Decades earlier he'd built the planet's largest seaplane and aviated the circumference of the world in a record-setting 3 days, 19 hours, 14 minutes and 10 seconds.

  5. Howard Hughes. Producer: Scarface. Billionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Humble, Texas just north of Houston. He studied at two prestigious institutions of higher learning: Rice University in Houston and California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Inherited his father's machine tool company ...

  6. Jul 1, 2024 · Howard Hughes was a remarkably inventive designer of aircraft and new technology. During World War II, Hughes and another designer, Henry J. Kaiser, came up with the design for the largest airplane ever built. Wary of the potential consumption of valuable steel, Hughes elected to build the plane out of laminated wood.

  7. Jul 7, 2015 · 7 Things You May Not Know About Howard Hughes. From the development of his massive Spruce Goose aircraft to his involvement in a top-secret CIA plot to recover a Soviet sub, get the facts about...

  8. Jun 22, 2024 · Howard Hughes, American aviator, manufacturer, and motion-picture producer and director who acquired enormous wealth and celebrity from his various ventures but was perhaps better known for his eccentricities, especially his reclusiveness. Learn more about Hughes’s life and career.

  9. Nov 2, 2022 · American aviator and millionaire Howard Hughes (in hat) stands atop his colossal flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, at Long Beach, California, on November 6, 1947. The aircraft had made a brief flight four days earlier.

  10. Howard Hughes was a colorful and flashy businessman and inventor who used an inherited fortune to achieve a national reputation in the motion picture and aviation industries.

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