Researching Bill Samuels
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1267 people with the Samuels surname? In that year Samuels was ranked number 2354 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Samuels on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Samuels and the Samuels Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3751 people with the Samuels surname in the UK? Samuels is now ranked number 1520 for popularity in the UK. |
Samuels Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Samuels surname in the USA? Samuels is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Bill Samuels
Bill Samuels (political activist)
William Christie Samuels is a New York City-based progressive Democrat, businessman, founder and chairman of the board of the good government group EffectiveNY and the EffectiveNY Howard Samuels Policy Center. He has recently been awarded the 2017 Center for Popular Democracy Social Justice Award. He was also a host of Effective Radio on AM970, a monthly, two-hour program aimed at enacting major statewide policy changes from a constitutional right to clean air and water to term limits for Albany, to a new approach to drug addiction and marijuana legalization, while educating New Yorkers on a "People's Convention."
Samuels has been active in progressive politics since organizing against the Vietnam War in the 1970s. In his business career, he built ACTV, Inc. which developed patents for interactive television. The company was sold to an affiliate of Liberty Media. He also recently sold his Silicon Valley technology company, Resonant Software, to IPipeline.
Samuels is the son of Howard J. Samuels (December 3, 1919 – October 26, 1984), an American statesman, industrialist, civil rights activist and philanthropist who served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the Small Business Administration under President Johnson, and special advisor to the campaign for president by John F. Kennedy and the administration of President Carter.
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