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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
1926-1945, camera manufacturer, Germany

Zeiss Ikon AG

1926 - 1945
photographer; 1925-2014; UK

Bown, Jane

1925 - 2014
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
1916-1978, dentist, British

Horrocks, Frank Threapleton

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

Sutherland, Sir Gordon

1907 - 1980
1913-1947, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England

Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Limited

1913 - 1947
active about 1908- current (2008), printer, Nottingham, England

Hawthornes of Nottingham Limited

1908
1912-1989, photographer, Illinois

Vandivart, William

1912 - 1989
1911-1998, physicist; aircraft jet engine designer, Germany, German

Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von

1911 - 1998
1910-1956; photographer; painter; UK

Pulham, Peter Rose

1910 - 1956
1906-1989, artist; illustrator; poster artist, British; English

Badmin, Stanley Roy

1906 - 1989
1915-1977, artist, British

Flint, Francis Murray Russell

1915 - 1977
1908-2004, photographer and photojournalist, Chanteloup-en-Brie

Cartier-Bresson, Henri

1908 - 2004
1917-1991, artist; poster artist

Sayer, Derrick

1917 - 1991
1908-1951, railway company, India

Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

1908 - 1951
1913-2004, lawyer, writer, journalist and critic, Canada

Shulman, Milton

1913 - 2004
1928-1945, camera manufacturer, American

Agfa-Ansco

1928 - 1967
1926-1971, war photographer, British

Burrows, Larry

1926 - 1971
active 1917-2000, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst; psychologist, Austrian, active America

Bellak, Leopold

1917 - 2000
1919-2010, ornithologist and photographer, Halifax, West Yorkshire (New Zealand)

Warham, John

1919 - 2010
1926-1956, nursing college, English; British

British College of Nurses

1926 - 1956
1911-1982, orthopaedic surgeon, British; English

Charnley, Sir John

1911 - 1982
1907-1941, railway company, Shrewsbury

Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway

1907 - 1941
1920-2012, engineer; inventor, British

Moulton, Alex

1920 - 2012
1923-1999, photographer, Monmartre, Paris

Boubat, Édouard

1923 - 1999
1925-1996, electronics engineer; computer designer, American

Cray, Seymour

1925 - 1996
1917-1957, artist; painter; draughtsman; illustrator; poster artist, British

Minton, John

1917 - 1957
1913-1954, photojournalist and war photographer, Hungarian

Capa, Robert

1913 - 1954
1911-1987, locomotive manufacturer, Bedford

Simplex

1911 - 1987
1914-1978, graphic artist; illustrator; poster artist, British

Lombers, Eric

1914 - 1978
1915-2006, mechanical engineer, inventor; futurologist, Australian-born; British

Thring, Meredith Wooldridge

1915 - 2006
1916-1995, cartoonist, British

Giles, Carl

1916 - 1995
1918-2000, steam engineer; manufacturer of stationary engines, Grantham, English; British

Ruston and Hornsby Limited

1918 - 2000
1906-1970, poster artist; painter; engraver; lithographer, British

Steel, Kenneth

1906 - 1970
1906-1925, railway company, Ireland

Dublin & South Eastern Railway

1906 - 1925
1910-1983, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Wesson, Edward

1910 - 1983
1915-1918, railway company, Canada

Canadian Government Railways

1915 - 1918
1921-1988, lorry manufacturer, Watford, England

Scammell Lorries Limited

1921 - 1988
1907-1978, designer who worked with his wife Ray Eames, American

Eames, Charles

1907 - 1978
1910?-1970, poster artist; illustrator, Australian

Skottowe, Elizabeth

1910 - 1970
active 1908-1944, diesel engine manufacturer, Stockport, England

Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day Limited

1908 - 1944
1914-2004, engineer and inventor of computerised tomography, British

Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold

1919 - 2004
1912-1972, bus operating company, East Hampshire and West Surrey

Aldershot and District Traction Company Limited

1912 - 1972
1921-1991, optics manufacturer, Berlin

Astro Berlin

1921 - 1991