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1907-1983, inventor of Tupperware, American

Tupper, Earl Silas

1907 - 1983
1913-1960, electrical switchgear manufacturer, Openshaw, Manchester

Ferguson Pailin Limited

1913 - 1960
1928-1967, steel manufacturer, England

ESC Ltd.

1928 - 1967
1925-1945, manufacturer of insulated cables, England

British Insulated Cables Limited

1925 - 1945
1927-1989, manufacturer, London, England

AVO Limited

1927 - 1989
1912-1979, manufacturer of commercial vehicles (buses etc), Walthamstow, London

The Associated Equipment Company Limited

1912 - 1979
1908-1992, photographer, England

Topham, John

1908 - 1992
1908-1993, physician; cardiothoracic surgeon, British; English

Tubbs, Oswald Sydney

1908 - 1993
1914-1975, economist, conceived the idea of type of analog computer, New Zealander

Phillips, Bill

1914 - 1975
1904-1971, artist; painter; designer; illustrator, British

Mercer, Sidney Agnew

1904 - 1971
2000-2012, telephony equipment manufacturer, British

STC plc

1925 - 1991
1904-1983, artist; painter; photographer; poster artist, British

Jordan, Reginald Ernest

1904 - 1983
1924-c 1939, camera manufacturer, Switzerland

Bol SA

1924 - 1939
1927-2009, photographer, United States

Willoughby, Robert Hanley

1927 - 2009
1923-1935, manufacturer of ceramics, Ashtead, England

Ashtead Potters Limited

1923 - 1935
active 1900-1960s, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Hendon, England

Everett, Edgcumbe and Company Limited

1905 - 1968
1927-c.1977, electrical domestic products manufacturer, London, England

Ormond Engineering Company Limited

1927 - 1977
1904-1960, active 1933-1960, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Scott, Eric R

1904 - 1960
d.1987, inventor of a type of iron lung, Australian

Both, Edward Thomas

1908 - 1987
1923-, shipping company, Scotland

Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd

1923 - 1973
1925-1963, camera manufacturer, Germany

Niezoldi and Kramer

1925 - 1963
1929-2001, artist, British

Heiron, George

1929 - 2001
active 1908-2007, science teaching measuring instrument manufacturer, Manchester, England

George Cussons Limited

1908 - 2007
1905-1993, artist; poster artist, American born; British

Hilder, Rowland

1905 - 1993
c 1927-2008, press photographer, British

Burton, Ron

1927 - 2008
1904-1977, composer; pianist, British

Addinsell, Richard

1904 - 1977
1905-1984, physicist; biophysicist, British

Randall, Sir John Turton

1905 - 1984
active 1950s-1970s, 1919-2008, graphic designer; poster artist; artist, British

Stevens, Harry

1919 - 2008
1918-1967, steel and coal manufacturer, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

United Steel Companies Ltd.

1918 - 1967
1930-1999, astronaut and engineer, Philadelphia

Conrad, Charles

1930 - 1999
1920-1997, writer; critic, British

Ellis, Ainslie

1920 - 1997
1905-1973, poster artist; painter; marine artist, British

Buckle, Claude H

1905 - 1973
1911-1997, Anglican cleric; railway enthusiast; childrens' author, British

Awdry, Wilbert Vere

1911 - 1997
1925-2003, music composer, electroacoustic music pioneer, English, British

Oram, Daphne

1925 - 2003
1918-1990, watch and camera manufacturer, Switzerland

Pignons SA

1918 - 1990
1905-1996, active 1928, poster artist, French

Zenobel, Pierre

1905 - 1996
1926-1945, camera manufacturer, Germany

Zeiss Ikon AG

1926 - 1945
photographer; 1925-2014; UK

Bown, Jane

1925 - 2014
1932-1965, camera manufacturer, Russia

Gosularstvennyi Optiko-Mekhanicheskii Zavod

1931 - 1965
1910-1999, electrical engineer; mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney

1910 - 1999
1916-1982, ring-spinning mill, English; British

Ellenroad Ring Mill

1916 - 1982
1918-2008, photojournalist, Hungarian born; active America

Capa, Cornell

1918 - 2008
1922-1956, manufacturer of radio receivers, United Kingdom

Marconiphone

1922 - 1956
1932-mid 1990s, camera and optics manufacturer, Kharkiv, Ukraine

FED

1932 - 1995
1903-1941, aviator, British; English

Johnson, Amy

1903 - 1941
1916-1978, dentist, British

Horrocks, Frank Threapleton

1916 - 1978
1907-1980, physicist, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Gordon

1907 - 1980
1932-1989, manufacturer of road and rail vehicles, United Kingdom

Metro Cammell Weymann

1932 - 1989
1913-1947, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England

Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Limited

1913 - 1947
1931-1985, poster artist; illustrator, British

Cooper, Royston

1931 - 1985