Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1808 - 1883

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Bentall, Edward Hammond

1814 - 1898

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Simpson, Thomas

1710 - 1761

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887

1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747

1741-1828, sculptor, French

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

1741 - 1828

Johnston, James Finlay Weir

1796 - 1855

Parry, William Edward

1790 - 1855

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

1786 - 1996

Babbage, Benjamin Herschel

1815 - 1878

active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

1810 - 1897

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Phillips, John

1800 - 1874

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Ramsay, Andrew Crombie

1814 - 1891

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834