COMPANY

Founded 1890 by James Buchanan Duke. An antitrust court ruling in 1911 severed the company into four pieces: American Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company (now Liggett Group), and Lorillard Tobacco. The remnant was eventually acquired by Brown & Williamson in 1994.

Industry:
Tobacco

Corporate headquarters:
Durham, NC

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Buchanan Duke	Business	23-Dec-1856	10-Oct-1925	American Tobacco Company
John H. Hager	Politician	28-Aug-1936		Virginia Lieutenant Governor, 1998-2002

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Janet Blair	Actor	23-Apr-1921	19-Feb-2007	Night of the Eagle
Joan Blondell	Actor	30-Aug-1906	25-Dec-1979	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Joan Crawford	Actor	23-Mar-1905	10-May-1977	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Marlene Dietrich	Actor	27-Dec-1901	6-May-1992	The Blue Angel
Amelia Earhart	Aviator	24-Jul-1897	2-Jul-1937	Misplaced aviatrix
Sally Eilers	Actor	11-Dec-1908	5-Jan-1978	Coroner Creek
Frances Farmer	Actor	19-Sep-1913	1-Aug-1970	Hollywood actress dehumanized by insane asylum
Alice Faye	Actor	5-May-1915	9-May-1998	Fallen Angel
Anne Francis	Actor	16-Sep-1930		Forbidden Planet
Jean Harlow	Actor	3-Mar-1911	7-Jun-1937	Bombshell
Helen Hayes	Actor	10-Oct-1900	17-Mar-1993	First Lady of the Theater
Miriam Hopkins	Actor	18-Oct-1902	9-Oct-1972	The Story of Temple Drake
Myrna Loy	Actor	2-Aug-1905	14-Dec-1993	The Thin Man
Lilli Palmer	Actor	24-May-1914	27-Jan-1986	The Four Poster
Dolores del Rio	Actor	3-Aug-1905	11-Apr-1983	Flying Down to Rio
Margaret Sullavan	Actor	16-May-1911	1-Jan-1960	The Shop Around the Corner
Lana Turner	Actor	8-Feb-1920	29-Jun-1995	The Postman Always Rings Twice
Ted Williams	Baseball	30-Aug-1918	5-Jul-2002	Cryonically preserved .400 hitter
Florenz Ziegfeld	Actor	21-Mar-1869	22-Jul-1932	The Ziegfeld Follies

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