- male, deceased (1906)
- Joseph Farwell Glidden (January 18 1813 - October 9, 1906) was an American farmer who patented barbed wire, a product that forever altered the...
- male
- Jacob Haish was one of the first inventors of barbed wire. His type of barbed wire was in direct competition with the other barbed wire...
- male, deceased (1910)
- Isaac Leonard Ellwood was an American rancher, businessman and barbed wire entrepreneur.
- male, deceased (1998)
- Hans Conrad Schumann was one of the most famous escapees from East Germany. Born in Leutewitz near Riesa, Schumann served as a soldier in the East...
- male, deceased (1911)
- John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855-August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire who became a Gilded Age...
- male
- Peter Leibing is a German photographer known for his 1961 photographs of escaping East German border guard, Conrad Schumann jumping a barbed wire...
- male
- Clinton Rosette (b. 1850, DeKalb County, Illinois-d. July 1909, DeKalb, Illinois) was a prominent citizen of DeKalb, Illinois during the 19th...
- male, deceased (1946)
- Traian Popovici was a Romanian lawyer and mayor of Cernăuţi (now Chernivtsi) during World War II, known for saving 20,000 Jews of Bukovina from de...
- male
- Wolfgang Heyda (November 14 1913 - Aug 21, 1947) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. After U-boat commander training aboard U-120,...
- male, deceased (1910)
- John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, KG (27 October 1835 - 13 August 1910) (known as the "Red Earl" because of his distinctive long red beard)...
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