death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
11 january 2000 greenwich , connecticut fremont , iowa usa ivan combe april 21 , 1911 clearasil , odor eaters ivan combe
 ivan deblois combe businessman , entrepreneur , and inventor northwestern school of law -lrb- 1936 -rrb- university -lrb- b.s. , 1933 -rrb- northwestern university
ivan combe

ivan deblois combe -lrb- april 21 , 1911 -- january 11 , 2000 -rrb- was the inventor of personal-care products , most notably clearasil and odor eaters .
in 1949 he established his eponymous company combe incorporated in white plains , new york .
