Lewis Paul

male, deceased (1759)
Lewis Paul (d. 1759) was the original inventor of roller spinning, the basis of the water frame got spinning cotton in a cotton mill.

Francis Cabot Lowell

male, deceased (1817)
Francis Cabot Lowell (April 7, 1775 - April 10, 1817) was the American business man for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, United States is...
Platt Brothers

Platt Brothers

male
Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, (also known as Platt Bros. of Oldham) was a British company based at Oldham, in North West England. They were textile...

John Lees

male
John Lees of Turf Lane, Oldham was an inventor who made a substantial improvement to machinery for carding cotton. He improved the carding machine...
Mary Of Egypt

Mary Of Egypt

female, deceased (421)
Venerable Mary of Egypt (ca. 344 – ca. 421) is revered as the patron saint of penitent women, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox and Or...
Samuel Greg

Samuel Greg

male, deceased (1834)
Samuel Greg (March 26, 1758 - June 4, 1834) was a British entrepreneur and pioneer of the factory system at Quarry Bank Mill. He was born in...

Jennifer O'Dell

female, 35 years old
Jennifer O'Dell (born 27 November, 1974 in Ridgecrest, California) is an American film and television actress. <br> Often compared to a young...
Hermann Broch

Hermann Broch

male, deceased (1951)
Hermann Broch was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists.
Edward Cave

Edward Cave

male, deceased (1754)
Edward Cave, (February 27 1691 - January 10 1754), was a printer, editor and publisher. In "The Gentleman's Magazine" he created the first...
Pierre Raymond

Pierre Raymond

male
Pierre Raymond is a social scientist who has been living in Colombia since 1979, and has been working on the country’s rural problems. He has un...