James Lick

James Lick was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his estate to social and scientific causes.

25 August 1796

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Andrew Longmore • Hannah Louise Shearer • Ian Falconer • Jung Jung-suk • Justin Upton • Monty Hall • Pablo Ozuna • Rijkman Groenink • Robert Maschio