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William Fox (1736–1826)
William Fox may refer to: Entertainment * William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation * William Fox (actor) (1911–2008), English comedy actor * William Fox (born 1939), birth and early professional name of James Fox * William Price Fox (1926–2015), American novelist and essayist * William Fox (organist), English organist Politics * William Foxe (1480–1554), MP for Ludlow * William Fox (MP for City of York), 14th century Member of Parliament (MP) for City of York * William Fox (pamphleteer) (fl. 1791–1794), abolitionist * William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), British politician * William Fox (politician) (1812–1893), Premier of New Zealand * William H. Fox (1837–1913), Massachusetts lawyer, jurist, and politician Sports * William Fox (footballer), Irish international footballer active in the 1880s * William Victor Fox (1898–1949), English footballer and cricketer * William Fox (wrestler) (1912–1999), English freestyle sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fox (producer)
Wilhelm Fried Fuchs ( hu, Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly and better known as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox (now ''20th Century Studios'') and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports and Foxtel. Early life Fox was born in Tolcsva, Hungary, and originally named Wilhelm Fried Fuchs. His parents, Michael Fuchs and Anna Fried, were both Hungarian Jews. The family immigrated to the United States when William was nine months old and settled in New York City, where they had twelve more children, of whom only six survived. With his family largely destitute, William found himself as a youth forced to sell candy in Central Park, work as a newsboy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |