Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...

John Nichols

male, deceased (1826)
John Nichols (February 2, 1745 - November 26, 1826) was an English printer and author. He was born in Islington, London. He was apprenticed in 1757...
William Morris

William Morris

male, deceased (1896)
William Morris was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement,...
Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley

male, deceased (1911)
Milton Bradley (November 5, 1836 - May 30, 1911) was an American game pioneer, credited by many with launching the board game industry in North...

John Lee

male
John Lee (active 1850-1870) was a British painter, part of a group of Liverpool artists, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style. Very little is...
John Day

John Day

male, deceased (1584)
John Day or Daye (c. 1522 - July 23, 1584) was an English Protestant printer, best known for printing John Foxe's "Actes and Monuments". Day...
John Wilkes

John Wilkes

male
John Wilkes (1750-March 31, 1810) was an English printer, bookseller and stationer. He was a Freeman of Winchester and proprietor of the "Hampshire...
Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

male, deceased (1468) (Greenwich, Georgia, United States)
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe...

William Bradford

male, deceased (1791)
William Bradford (1719 - September 25, 1791) was a printer, soldier, and leader during the American Revolution from Philadelphia. He was born in...

William Bradford

male, deceased (1752)
William Bradford (May 20, 1663- May 23, 1752) was an early English printer in North America, and the head of a family that included leading...