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Levi Strauss, born Lob Strauss on 26 February 1829 and living until 26 September 1902, was a German born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans; his firm, Levi Strauss and Co, known as Levi's, began in 1853 in San Francisco, California.

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