Richard Steiff
German toy inventor
Died when: 62 years 51 days (745 months)Star Sign: Aquarius

Richard Steiff (February 7, 1877 – March 30, 1939) was a German designer, known for helping create the teddy bear.In 1897 he joined Steiff, a stuffed toy company founded in his hometown Giengen by his aunt Margarete Steiff, and gave the company an enormous boost by creating stuffed animals from drawings made at the zoo.
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