James Duff (businessman)
James Duff( born 1961) is an American billionaire businessman.
Together with his brother Thomas Duff, he is the founder and co-owner Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with annual turnover in excess of$ 2.6 billion.
The brothers inherited Southern Tire Mart from their father, Ernest Duff.
He is married, with two children, and lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Ray B. Sitton
Ray Benjamin Sitton( November 6, 1923 – August 16, 2013) was an American lieutenant general, command pilot and navigator.
He was Director of the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.
Chester Ray Benjamin
Chester Ray Benjamin( January 23, 1923 – April 20, 2002) was an American mycologist.
His research was focused on the taxonomy of fungal molds belonging to the orders Eurotiales and Mucorales.
Born and raised in Ohio, Benjamin received his undergraduate education from Mount Union College in Alliance after serving in the Navy for four years during World War II.
Benjamin earned his Doctoral degree( dissertation title:" Ascocarps of" Aspergillus" and" Penicillium) in 1955 from the University of Iowa under the tutelage of George Willard Martin.
In 1960 Benjamin started an 11- year position as principal mycologist in the Crops Protection Research Branch of the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville.
In 1967, Benjamin was the president of the Mycological Society of America.
From 1971 until his retirement, he held various positions in the Agriculture Department.
Benjamin died of a heart attack at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland at the age of 79.
The genus" Benjaminia" was named in his honor.
Joseph Carr (music publisher)
Joseph Carr (London, 1739 – Baltimore, Maryland, October 20, 1819) was an American music publisher.
He was the father of Thomas and Benjamin, and was one of the most influential publishers in the early history of the United States.
Ernest Duff
Ernest Duff( June 2, 1931- May 27, 2016) was an American businessman, lawyer and former bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
He was the founder of Southern Tire Mart, a large independent commercial tire dealership in North America.
Oliver Riot
Oliver Riot is a R&B/ Soul duo composed of Benjamin and Alexander Moore, identical twins from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Thomas Duff (businessman)
Thomas Duff( born 1956) is an American billionaire businessman.
Duff earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Together with his brother James Duff, he is the founder and co-owner Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with annual turnover in excess of$ 2.6 billion.
The brothers inherited Southern Tire Mart from their father, Ernest Duff.
He is divorced, with two children, and lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Manuel Eyre
Manuel Eyre( 1736–1805) was a colonel in the Continental Army, a shipbuilder, and the brother of Revolutionary War heroes Benjamin and Jehu Eyre.
Bob Thaves
Robert Thaves (October 5, 1924 – August 1, 2006) was the creator of the comic strip "Frank and Ernest", which began in 1972.
Thaves' desire to become a cartoonist began in his childhood.
He had no formal training; instead, he practiced by studying and drawing the works of other cartoonists.
He was so skilled he could identify the cartoonist of a comic strip without looking at the signature.
Robert Lee Thaves was born on October 5, 1924, in Burt, Iowa, where his father, John, published local newspapers.
He attended the University of Minnesota, where he received both a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology.
While still at university, the first of his cartoons was printed in magazines.
He continued to be interested in cartooning, and developed the "Frank and Ernest" strip while working as an industrial psychologist.
"Frank and Ernest" began appearing in magazines as early as the 1960s.
It was first nationally syndicated November 6, 1972 and was eventually carried in 1,300 papers.
It was the first single panel strip to appear in the "panel" format, and the first to use block letters for its dialogue.
He also drew the short-lived "King Baloo" strip, which ran during the 1980s.
Its format was identical to "Frank and Ernest", but featured the titular King.
His son Tom began collaborating with him on "Frank and Ernest" in 1997.
The elder Thaves had planned on transitioning his son to take over the strip before his death.
Bob Thaves died of respiratory failure in Torrance, California at the age of 81.
Dragoslav D. Šiljak
Dragoslav D. Šiljak is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, where he held the title of Benjamin and Mae Swig University Professor.

Question: Did Ernest Duff and Chester Ray Benjamin share the same nationality?
Answer: yes