John Hughes
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Most Influential Person Across History
Welsh businessman, founder of Donetsk
Why Is John Hughes Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John James Hughes was a Welsh engineer, businessman and founder of the city of Donetsk. The village was originally named Yuzovka after Hughes, , formally becoming a town in May 1917 and later, in 1924, being renamed to Stalino ; in 1961, the name was changed to Donetsk.