F
Business & Entrepreneurship
Fred DeLuca
1947–2015Brooklyn, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
Portrait not yet licensed
Public-domain portraits will be added in a future wave.
Why Included
Subway co-founder who transformed a single Connecticut sandwich shop into one of the largest restaurant chains in the world.
Notable For
- Co-founded Subway Restaurants (1965)
- Grew Subway to over 44,000 locations worldwide
- Opened first location at age 17 with $1,000 loan
Suggest a Correction
If you believe this entry contains an error, outdated information, or a sourcing issue, we want to hear from you.
Quick Facts
- Field
- Business & Entrepreneurship
- Years
- 1947–2015
- Birth Place
- Brooklyn, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
More in Business & Entrepreneurship
- Lidia Bastianich(b. 1947)
- Rocco B. Commisso(b. 1949)
- Domenico Ghirardelli(1817–1894)
- Amadeo Peter Giannini(1870–1949)
Know someone we should add?
The list grows through community nominations. Help us expand toward 1,000.
Nominate a figure →