Charles Louis Fleischmann

Charles Louis Fleischmann
1902 illustration of Fleischmann
Born	(1835-11-03)November 3, 1835 Jägerndorf, Moravian Silesia
Died	December 10, 1897(1897-12-10) (aged 62)
Known for	Founding Fleischmann Yeast Company
Spouse	Henriette Robertson
Children	3, including Julius
Relatives	Christian R. Holmes II (grandson), Elizabeth Holmes (third great-great-granddaughter)

Charles Louis Fleischmann (November 3, 1835 – December 10, 1897) was a Jewish Hungarian-American manufacturer of yeast who founded Fleischmann Yeast Company.

In the late 1860s, he and his brother Maximilian created America’s first commercially produced yeast, which revolutionized baking in a way that made today's mass production and consumption of bread possible.