* Simon Blitz, British entrepreneur

* 1967 – Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British entrepreneur

* 1959 – Deborah Meaden, British entrepreneur

* 2006 – Sir Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur ( b. 1922 )

* Joseph Saumarez Smith ( born 1971 ), British entrepreneur, journalist and gambling expert

* 1966 – Peter Jones, British entrepreneur

* 1808 – Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur ( d. 1892 )

** Angela Beesley Starling, British Internet entrepreneur

Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter ( Baron De Reuter ) ( July 21, 1816 – February 25, 1899 ), a German-born British entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was a journalist and media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency, since 2008 part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate.

The buyer was computer gaming entrepreneur and astronaut's son Richard Garriott ( also known by his gaming character Lord British ), who stated in a 2001 interview: " I purchased Lunakod 21 from the Russians.

The buyer was computer gaming entrepreneur and astronaut's son Richard Garriott ( also known as Lord British ), who stated in a 2001 interview with Computer Games Magazine's Cindy Yans that:

* Stephen Wolfram ( born 1959 ), British computer scientist and entrepreneur

At the age of about 40, she reaches the zenith of her career when she is employed by the eminent British entrepreneur Sir Jack Pitman

Greek entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of the British low-cost airline easyJet amongst other ventures has previously spoken of his fondness for the club.

* Phil Cameron ( b. 1972 ) British entrepreneur, the founder of No. 1 Traveller, and a former Tony and Olivier Award-winning theatre producer.

* Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur

Carneal sold the land to William Bullock, a British showman, entrepreneur and traveller, who planned to build a utopian community named Hygeia ( a Greek word meaning health ) designed by John Buonarotti Papworth.

* Sinclair Beecham, British entrepreneur

With Group Lotus near bankruptcy in 1983, through an introduction from his friend Mark Thatcher, English accountant and entrepreneur David Wickins, the founder of the worlds largest vehicle remarketing business British Car Auctions, agreed to become the new company chairman.

* John Cockerill, British entrepreneur and founder of the Cockerill-Sambre steel company ( 1790 – 1840 )

* David Brown ( entrepreneur ) ( 1904 – 1993 ), British entrepreneur

Nowadays, a Chinese British entrepreneur is leading Detroit Electric to develop affordable and high quality pure electric vehicles in mainland Europe.

Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie " Bill " Vander Zalm ( born May 29, 1934 ) is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada.

* Moriarty by Modem, a short story by Jack Nimersheim, describes an alternate history where Babbage's Analytical Engine was indeed completed and had been deemed highly classified by the British government.

* Patrick O ' Brian's fictional British sea captain Jack Aubrey is described as owning a " fiddle far above his station, an Amati no less ," in The Surgeon's Mate.

* 2012 – Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, British politician and campaigner for disabled rights ( b. 1922 )

In June 2004, the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stated that US authorities had repeatedly assured him that no detainees had passed in transit through Diego Garcia or were disembarked there .< ref > In October 2007 the all-party Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament announced that it would launch an investigation of continued allegations of a prison camp on Diego Garcia, which it claimed were twice confirmed by comments made by Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey.

Notable US radio disc jockeys of the period include Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Kasey Kasem, and their British counterparts such as the BBC's Brian Matthew, Radio London's John Peel, and later in the 60s, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn.

Jack Tars ( British sailors ) used gunpowder to create tatoos when ink wasn't available, by pricking the skin and rubbing the powder into the wound in a method known as traumatic tatooing.

* 1921 – Jack Clayton, British film director ( d. 1995 )

Peake's grandson is British musician and singer-songwriter Jack Peñate.

Traveling 4, 176 miles ( 6, 720 km ) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia, in a 1912 REO special touring car, mechanic / driver Fonce V. ( Jack ) Haney and journalist Thomas W. Wilby made the first trip by automobile across Canada ( including one short jaunt into northeastern Washington State when the Canadian roads were virtually impassable.

British Major Jack Churchill ( far right ) leads Commandos off a LCPL | Eureka Boat during a training exercise, sword in hand, in World War II.

For his follow-up, Hands of Jack the Ripper, Sutch assembled British rock celebrities for a concert at the Carshalton Park Rock ' n ' Roll Festival.

The convention is named for Sam Stayman, who wrote the first published description in 1945, but its inventors were two other players: the British expert Jack Marx in 1939, who published it only in 1946, and Stayman's regular partner George Rapée in 1945.

In early June 1781, Cornwallis dispatched a 250-man cavalry force commanded by Banastre Tarleton on a secret expedition to capture Governor Jefferson and members of the Assembly at Monticello but Jack Jouett of the Virginia militia, thwarted the British plan by warning them.

In some markets, local liberal hosts have existed for years, such as the British talk host Michael Jackson ( who was on the air at KABC in Los Angeles beginning in 1968 and is currently at KGIL ); Bernie Ward in San Francisco ; Jack Ellery in New Jersey and Tampa ; Dave Ross in Seattle, and Marc Germain in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Jack Ryan, a former U. S. Marine and naval historian turned high-level CIA analyst, flies from London to Langley, Virginia to deliver British Intelligence's photographs of Red October to the Deputy Director of Intelligence.

* October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor ( b. 1891 )

** Jack Bruce, British musician and songwriter

* August 3 – Jack Straw, British politician

* September 14 – Jack Hawkins, British actor ( d. 1973 )

** Jack Dee, British comedian

** Jack Clayton, British film director ( died 1995 )

* July 18 – Jack Hawkins, British actor ( b. 1910 )

* July 14 – Jack Woolgar, British actor ( b. 1913 )