Madam C. J. Walker

Madam C. J. Walker was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other women might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented.

23 December 1867

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Adly Mansour • Aleš Kotalík • Beau Champion • Bill Rodgers (runner) • Dimitrios Mavrogenidis • Joanna Hayes • Mikhael Gromov (mathematician) • Rayner Unwin • Samuel Smiles • Spencer Daniels • Vicente del Bosque • Victoria Williams

Born in the same month (December 1867): Amy Carmichael • Antti Aarne • Foxhall P. Keene • Gregorios Xenopoulos • Józef Piłsudski • Kristian Birkeland • Phan Bội Châu • Stanley Argyle • Tevfik Fikret • William John Bowser