Arkwright; Sir; Richard (1732-1792); knight, inventor and engineer
Lombe; Sir; Thomas (1685-1739); Founder, with his half-brother John, of the Derby Silk Mill in 1719.
Slater; Samuel (1768-1835); Of Belper; English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution". He brought British textile technology to America, founding mills at Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Strutt; Jedediah (1726-1797); inventor, hosier and cotton spinner
Strutt; William (1756-1830); FRS; Architect, inventor, engineer, and textile manufacture
George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist