Steve Madden

Steve Madden

male, 51 years old
fashion designer, Shoe companies, Shoemakers, from Town of Hempstead, New York, from Nassau County, New York, From Long Island
Steve Madden (born 1958 in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York) is the founder and former CEO of Steve Madden Ltd., a footwear company. His designs...
Stuart Weitzman

Stuart Weitzman

male
wallpaper, carat, from Town of Hempstead, New York, Shoemakers, George W. Hewlett High School, cork
Stuart A. Weitzman (born in 1942; wife, Jane Weitzman) is the designer of the internationally famous, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman Inc....
George Fox

George Fox

male, deceased (1691)
English Dissenters, Religious Society of Friends, quaker, quaker minister, Christian, English spiritual writer…Shoemakers
George Fox was an English Dissenter and a major early figure — usually considered the founder — of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly know...
William Carey

William Carey

male, deceased (1834)
calvinist, bengali, Protestant, Christian evangelicalism, writer, missionary…Shoemakers
William Carey (August 17, 1761 - June 9, 1834) was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions."...
Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman

male, deceased (1793)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, American Declaration of Independence, signer of the United States Constitution, Signers of the United States Constitution, from Connecticut, declaration of independence…Shoemakers
Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 - July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of...

John Augustus

male, deceased (1859)
From Boston, probation, Shoemakers, Shoemaking, The Report of the Labors of John Augustus, Presentence Investigation
John Augustus (1785-June 21, 1859) was a Boston boot maker who is called the "Father of Probation" in the United States because of his pioneering...

William Heighton

male
American, journeyman, Labor leader, shoemaker, industrialization, Shoemakers
William Heighton was a common shoemaker who became the leader of the Philadelphia Working Man's Party. The Panic of 1819 accelerated the process of...
George Robert Twelves Hewes

George Robert Twelves Hewes

male, deceased (1840)
Methodist, Shoemakers, Boston Massacre, militiaman in the American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, boston tea party
George Robert Twelves Hewes (August 25, 1742-November 5, 1840) was one of the last survivors of the American Revolution. He participated in the...
Miguel Henriquez

Miguel Henriquez

male
Puerto Rican Navy personnel, Puerto Rican military, Capt. Miguel Henriquez, Puerto Rican military officer, Puerto Rican military personnel, Shoemakers
Capt. Miguel Henriquez also spelled Enriquez (c. 1680 - 17??), born in Puerto Rico, was a pirate in the latter part of the...

John Fawcett

male
Bolton, composer, Organist, shoemaker, choir, English…Shoemakers
John Fawcett (of Bolton) (December 8, 1789-October 26, 1867) began in life as a shoemaker but taught himself to be a musician. In 1825, Fawcett...