Adolf Dassler

Adolf "Adi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor, member of the Nazi party, and businessman who founded the German sportswear company Adidas. He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Puma. Dassler was an innovator in athletic shoe design and one of the early promoters who obtained endorsements from athletes to drive sales of his products. As a result of his concepts, Adi Dassler built the largest manufacturer of sportswear and equipment. At the time of his death, Adidas had 17 factories and annual sales of one billion marks.

3 November 1900

Born on the same birth day (3 November): Adam Ant • Alexander Svitov • Alison Williamson • Andrade El Idolo • Bronko Nagurski • Carlos Ibáñez del Campo • Charles Bronson • Dietrich Möller • Dolph Lundgren • Dwight Evans (baseball) • Heo Young-saeng • Ian Wright • Jan Boerstoel • Jan Josef Ignác Brentner • Jay Harrison • Julie Berman • LaMarr Woodley • Larry Holmes • Mike Evans (actor) • Osman II • Robert Smith (Cabinet member) • Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) • Samuel Ruiz • Tim McIlrath • Tsutomu Seki

Born in the same month (November 1900): Anna Seghers • Bunny Ahearne • David Marshall Williams • Edward Buzzell • Eliška Junková • Helen Bradley • Helen Gahagan Douglas • Ichthyology • Ida Lou Anderson • Jovette Bernier • Margaret Mitchell • Maria Babanova • Mary Bothwell • Mikhail Lavrentyev • Natalie Schafer • Nellie Campobello • Oskar Loorits • Rudolf Höss