Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz
Author: Ford Motor Company and their advertising agency, J. Walter Thompson, 1957, Public Domain.

Born Mar. 2, 1917 in Cuba

Died 1986

Born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, he was a Cuban-American actor, bandleader and film and television producer.

He and wife Lucille Ball founded Desilu Studios, which produced I Love Lucy, the hit TV show in which they both starred. 

Also responsible for other big name productions like Star Trek and Mission: Impossible, as well as where The Andy Griffith Show was filmed.