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  1. Born: December 24, 1905. Houston, Texas. Died: April 5, 1976. Houston, Texas. American entrepreneur and inventor. 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.

  2. May 17, 2019 · Howard Hughes (December 24, 1905–April 5, 1976) was an American businessman, movie producer, aviator, and philanthropist. Over the course of his life, he amassed a fortune of $1.5 billion. Though Hughes had many accomplishments in his professional career, he is now best remembered for his final years as an eccentric recluse.

  3. Howard Hughes, (born Dec. 24, 1905, Houston, Texas, U.S.—died April 5, 1976, in an airplane over southern Texas), U.S. manufacturer, aviator, and movie producer. He left college at age 17 to take control of his late father’s Hughes Tool Company, which owned the patent to an oil-drilling tool; the company would form the future basis for ...

  4. 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.

  5. Overview. Born. December 24, 1905 · Humble, Texas, USA. Died. April 5, 1976 · Houston, Texas, USA (kidney failure) Birth name. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. Nicknames. The World's Greatest Womanizer. Sonny. Height. 6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. Billionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Humble, Texas just north of Houston.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › people › social-sciences-and-lawHoward Hughes | Encyclopedia.com

    May 23, 2018 · Overview. Howard Hughes was one of the world's wealthiest men; he was also one of its most eccentric. After a flamboyant career as a Hollywood film director, Hughes indulged in his passion for flying by founding a company to manufacture innovative planes. He owned most of Trans World Airlines (TWA) until 1966.

  7. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) Hughes was an innovative American businessman, movie producer, aircraft inventor, mine owner and casino owner who became infamous in the final years of his life, when he lived as an eccentric recluse.

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