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1912-2005, philosopher, academic, British

Mays, Wolfe

1912 - 2005
1906-1918, vessel; Royal Mail Ship, British

RMS Amazon (1906)

1906 - 1918
1908-1983, physical chemist, British

Thompson, Harold Warris

1908 - 1983
1908-2002, photographer, Canadian; Turkish-born Armenian

Karsh, Yousuf

1908 - 2002
1914-1998, artist; painter; aviation artist; poster artist, British

Wootton, Frank

1914 - 1998
1910-1991, artist; poster artist, publisher; member of parliament, British

Cook, Brian Caldwell

1910 - 1991
1916-2005, designer of the 'Pitts Special' aerobatic biplane, American

Pitts, Curtis

1916 - 2005
1920-2012, photographer, British

Lucas, Cornel

1920 - 2012
1954-1998, oil company, United Kingdom

The British Petroleum Company Limited

1909
1917-2012, physiologist; biophysicist, British; English

Huxley, Sir Andrew

1917 - 2012
1909-1926, camera maufacturer, German

Ica AG

1909 - 1926
1916-1990, novelist, screenwriter, pilot, British

Dahl, Roald

1916 - 1990
1906-1997, astronomer, American

Tombaugh, Clyde

1906 - 1997
source?; 1914-1998, physioligist, British

Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd

1914 - 1998
1913-1964, furniture designer, manufacturer, retailer, English, British

Race, Ernest

1913 - 1964
1907-1950s?, research laboratory, Essex, England

Silberrad Research Laboratories

1907 - 1960
1906 or 1907-1983, couturier; designer, Irish

Morton, Henry Digby

1906 - 1983
1923-2000, research pathologist, South African-born; British

Wagner, Christopher

1923 - 2000
1919-2008, explorer, mountaineer, New Zealander

Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival

1919 - 2008
1920-1971, camera manufacturer, Wiesbaden

Wirgin

1920 - 1971
1909-active, manufacturer, London

Balfour Beatty plc

1909
1914-1983, poster artist; illustrator, British

Angrave, Bruce

1914 - 1983
1925-1970, game manufacturer, Leeds

Universal Playing Card Co Ltd

1925 - 1970
1917-1976, magazine artist; illustrator, worked on 'Eagle' comic, England, British

Bellamy, Frank

1917 - 1976
1909-1970, manufacturer of aircraft, Cricklewood, England

Handley Page Limited

1909 - 2001
1920-2008, physicist, British

Pippard, Sir Brian

1920 - 2008
1923-1956, ceramic manufacturer, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Scammell China Company

1923 - 1956
1914-1982, fashion designer, France

Pierre Balmain

1914 - 1982
1921-2007, physicist; molecular biologist; behavioural geneticist, American

Benzer, Seymour

1921 - 2007
1921-2004, industrialist, English; British

Pearce, Sir Austin William

1921 - 2004
1922-2008, oceanographer; engineer; deep sea explorer; hydronaut, Swiss

Piccard, Jacques

1922 - 2008
1919-1997, computer designer, British

Pinkerton, John M M

1919 - 1997
1920-1981, electrical engineer, South African

Wadley, Trevor Lloyd

1920 - 1981
1907-1997, physicist; researcher; inventor, German

Ardenne, Manfred von

1907 - 1997
1918-?, manufacturer of carburettors, Birmingham, England

Cox Carburetters Limited

1918 - 1931
1908-1997, artist; poster artist, British

Blake, Frederick Donald

1908 - 1997
1908-1991, reproductive biologist, China, Chinese

Chang, Min Chueh

1908 - 1991
1906-1987, poster artist; graphic artist, Belgian born; active UK

Severin, Marc

1906 - 1987
1913-2010, computer scientist, British

Wilkes, Sir Maurice

1913 - 2010
1923-1997, physiologist, joint 1963 Nobel Prize Winner with Hodgkin and Huxley, England

Eccles, Sir John Carew

1923 - 1997
1906-1999, fashion and still life photographer, German, active United States

Horst, Horst P

1906 - 1999
1907-2003, cine camera manufacturers and cine camera projector manufacturers, Chicago

Bell & Howell

1907 - 2003
1911-1972, painter; poster artist, British

Kenney, John

1911 - 1972
1853-1959, railway company, Kent, England

East Kent Railway

1911 - 1959
1914-1961, aircraft manufacturer, Yeovil, England

Westland Aircraft Limited

1914 - 1961
1919-1954, vacuum pump manufacturer and supplier, London & Crawley, England

Edwards and Company

1919 - 1954
1907-1982, Director of the Science Museum, British

Follett, Sir David Henry

1907 - 1982
1909-1988, grand-daughter of W. H. Maw (co-founder/director of 'Engineering Limited')

Bankart, Zoe Theodora

1909 - 1988
1913-1991, artist, British

Beath

1913 - 1991
1924-1995, export executive, Polish

Pilecki, Wojciech Stanislaw

1924 - 1995