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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. [2] . 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...

  3. Howard Hughes was a man of great intelligence and wealth. He was also a man of mystery, secrecy and, ultimately, debilitating mental illness.

  4. 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...

  5. Explore the public and private life of one of the 20th Century's most important Americans. The legacy of Howard Hughes is both inspirational and tragic. Gain insight into the motivations of...

  6. 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.

  7. May 13, 2019 · Hughes was born on December 24, 1905, in Houston, Texas, the son of a highly successful oil-drill tool manufacturer. His father, Howard Senior, had patented the two-cone...

  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. Howard Hughes--the billionaire aviator, motion-picture producer and business tycoon--spent most of his life trying to avoid germs. Toward the end of his life, he lay naked in bed in darkened hotel rooms in what he considered a germ-free zone. He wore tissue boxes on his feet to protect them.

  10. Dec 6, 2016 · Howard Hughes is the archetypal super-rich hermit, said never to have trimmed his nails and to have kept urine in jars. But who was he really? Nicholas Barber takes a look.