Howard Hughes

<p><strong>Howard Robard Hughes Jr.</strong> (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, and pilot.<a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#cite_note-2">[2]</a> He was best known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentric_behavior">eccentric behavior</a> and reclusive lifestyle—oddities that were caused in part by his worsening <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> (OCD), <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_pain">chronic pain</a> from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deafness">deafness</a>.</p>