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1934-c.1989, battery and radio manufacturer, Britain

Vidor Limited

1934 - 1989
1937-1996, entertainment conglomerate, Britain

Rank Organisation

1937 - 1996
1920-1995; Industrial archaeologist, British

Ashmore, Owen

1920 - 1995
1936-2020; railway employee, railway manager, railway company director, railway board member, railway company director

Edmonds, John Christopher Paul

1936 - 2020
1948; railway company chairman

Shooter, Adrian

1948 - 2022
1916-2005, engineer, British

Lampitt, Robert Alfred

1916 - 2005
1940s-1960s, sound equipment manufacturer, London

Lustraphone

1949 - 1969
1938-1980, singer-songwriter, poet, actor, Russian, USSR

Vysotsky, Vladimir

1938 - 1980
1949; railway employee, railway catering manager, railway passenger manager, railway manager, railway company director

Steel, Lawrence Theodore Thomas

1949 - 2010
1943-1945, army unit, British and Canadian

21st Army Group

1907 - 1908
about 1918-2010, artist, British

Rita Bronowski

1918 - 2010
1941; civil servant, railway company director, railway board member, railway company director

Welsby, John K.

1941 - 2021
1926-2017, author, British

Bond, Michael Thomas

1926 - 2017
1943-2012, designer, British

Moggridge, Bill

1943 - 2012
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
1936-1969, camera manufacturer, Ann Arbor

Argus Camera Company

1936
1912-1979, manufacturer of commercial vehicles (buses etc), Walthamstow, London

The Associated Equipment Company Limited

1912 - 1979
1934-1954, movie studies, India

Bombay Talkies Limited

1934 - 1954
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1914-1975, economist, conceived the idea of type of analog computer, New Zealander

Phillips, Bill

1914 - 1975
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
2000-2012, telephony equipment manufacturer, British

STC plc

1925 - 1991
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
1927-c.1977, electrical domestic products manufacturer, London, England

Ormond Engineering Company Limited

1927 - 1977
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
c 1927-2008, press photographer, British

Burton, Ron

1927 - 2008
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
1946-present, instrument manufacturer, Danbury

Branson

1946
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
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
c.1950-c.1982, recording equipment manufacturer, England

Reslosound Limited

1950 - 1982
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
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1916-1982, ring-spinning mill, English; British

Ellenroad Ring Mill

1916 - 1982
1946-1954, manufacturer of mororcycles, Southport, England

Corgi Motorcycle Company Limited

1946 - 1910
1918-2008, photojournalist, Hungarian born; active America

Capa, Cornell

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

Marconiphone

1922 - 1956