Brindley; James (1716-1772); Canal engineer, born Tunstead, near Wormhill
Cromford, Whaley Bridge; Cromford and High Peak Railway; 1831-1969; mineral and freight railway
Jessop; William (1745-1814); Canal and railway engineer; worked on the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire.
Outram; Benjamin (1764-1805); English civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist; pioneer in the building of canals and tramways. Born Alfreton; founded the Butterley Company and lived at Butterley Hall.
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer