# Don Tennant

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**Donald G. Tennant** (November 23, 1922 – December 8, 2001) was an American [advertising agency](/source/Advertising_agency) executive.[1][2]

He worked at the [Leo Burnett](/source/Leo_Burnett) agency in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago). The agency placed anthropomorphic faces of 'critters' on packaged goods. Tennant was in charge of the [Marlboro](/source/Marlboro_(cigarette)) account and invented the [Marlboro Man](/source/Marlboro_Man).

## References

1. ["Don Tennant, Creator of Characters for Ads, Is Dead at 79 - The New York Times"](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/business/don-tennant-creator-of-characters-for-ads-is-dead-at-79.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*

1. ["Don Tennant"](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/761391/Don-Tennant). *Encyclopædia Britannica*. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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