Industry
Place
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Whitcomb L Judson

1836 - 1909

1955-2011, entrepreneur; businessman, American

Steve Jobs

1955 - 2011

1833-1918, brewer, businessman and inventor, English; British

Lovibond, Joseph William, Joseph

1833 - 1918

1791-1845, experimental philosopher; businessman, British

John Frederic Daniell

1790 - 1845

1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

William Notman

1826 - 1891

1829-1902, farmer; inventor; businessman, American

James Edward Allen Gibbs

1829 - 1902

1855-1935, businessman, archaeologist & inventor, English; British

Alfred Watkins

1855 - 1935

1859-1906, businessman; optician, British

Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer

1859 - 1906

1893-1980, electrical engineer; businessman, British

(Gerard) Vincent Sebastian de Ferranti

1893 - 1980

1912-1991, metallurgist; businessman, British

Harold Montague Finniston

1912 - 1991

1924-2007, inventor, collector, author, Austrian; American

Fred Spira

1924 - 2007

1877-1953, model-maker; businessman, English; British

Wenman Joseph Bassett Lowke

1877 - 1953

1822-1898, photographer; publisher; businessman, English; British

Francis Frith

1822 - 1898

1860-1929, businessman in photographic industry, American

E B Koopman

1860 - 1929

1822-1890, businessman; field archaeology pioneer, German

Heinrich Schliemann

1822 - 1890

1820-1889, businessman; attempted to market first model typewriter, American

James Densmore

1820 - 1889

1899-1980, businessman; founder of Butlins holiday camps, British

William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin

1899 - 1980

active 1920s, businessman; inventor of a type of encryption machine, Swedish

Boris Caesar Wilhelm Hagelin

1892 - 1983

1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

George Eastman

1854 - 1932

1828-1910, businessman; philanthropist; founder of the Red Cross, Swiss

Henry Dunant

1828 - 1910

1875-1937, politician; businessman, British; English

Eric Campbell Geddes

1875 - 1937

1823-1908, archaeologist; geologist; businessman, British

John Evans

1823 - 1908

film producer, businessman; 1909-1958; USA

Mike Todd

1909 - 1958

1936-2018, businessman and railway preservationist, Britain

William McAlpine

1936 - 2018

b. 1940, inventor, entrepeneur; businessman, British

Clive Marles Sinclair

1940 - 2021

1943; businessman, engineer, railway company director, railway industry body director

George Watson Muir

1943

1946; 1946; businessman, academic, businessman, railway company director, railway company chairman

Paul F. King

1946

1949; businessman, railway rolling stock company director, railway consultant, railway rolling stock company director

Haydn Turner Abbott

1949

b. 1934, businessman, American

Ron Wayne

1934

b. 1929, businessman; scientist, American

Gordon E Moore

1929

active 1867, microscopist; businessman, American

Charles Stodder