He was early exposed to the mechanical world, and in his youth often helped his father, David Brown, master clock and watchmaker, as he plied his trade.

In 1838, a devastating fire gutted their small shop and soon thereafter David Brown moved west to Illinois, settling on a land grant in his declining years.

* 1956 – David McDowell Brown, American astronaut ( d. 2003 )

* David Goldblatt and Lee Brown, ed.

In 1947, David Brown Limited bought the company under the leadership of managing director Sir David Brown — its " post-war saviour ".

David Brown also acquired Lagonda that year for its 2. 6-litre W. O. Bentley-designed engine, both companies shared resources and workshops and that was the beginning of the classic series of cars bearing the initials " DB ".

In 1955, David Brown bought the Tickford coachbuilding company and its site at Tickford Street in Newport Pagnell.

In November 1798, David Brown led a group in Dedham protesting the federal government ; they set up a liberty pole, as people had before the American Revolution.

* 1962 – John David Brown, American illustrator, cartoonist

* 1950 – David Brown, American musician ( Santana ) ( d. 2000 )

The implications of these findings for the conservation of giraffes were summarised by David Brown, lead author of the study, who told BBC News: " Lumping all giraffes into one species obscures the reality that some kinds of giraffe are on the brink.

's as well as vocalists such as Edwin Starr, David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards from The Temptations, and Michael Jackson, who, throughout his career, cited Brown as his ultimate idol.

* 1959 – David Brown, Australian meteorologist

* 1916 – David Brown, American film producer ( d. 2010 )

* Brown, David, and Carlos A. López González ( 2001 ).

* David Brown: 16th-Century Mapmaker's Intriguing Knowledge, in: Washington Post, 2008-11-17, p. A7

* " 16th-Century Mapmaker's Intriguing Knowledge ", David Brown, The Washington Post.

* 2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.

The award was founded by Thomas Disch with assistance from David G. Hartwell, Paul S. Williams, and Charles N. Brown.

Vincent Irizarry, Sharon Case, Genie Francis, Maura West, Eden Riegel, Billy Miller, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Marcy Rylan, Amelia Heinle Luckinbill, Sarah Brown, Laura Wright, Veleka Gray, Robin Mattson, Lenore Kasdorf, Roscoe Born, Judith Chapman, David Canary, and Michael Sabatino have all played multiple soap roles.

New England quarterback Tom Brady started off the Patriots drive with a 16-yard completion to Troy Brown and finished it with an 8-yard touchdown pass to receiver David Patten with 31 seconds left in the half.

Directed by Peter Hunt, the musical starred Jesse L. Martin as Mack, Melissa Errico as Polly, David Schramm as Peachum, Karen Ziemba as Lucy Brown and Betty Buckley as a considerably older Jenny.

The Dutch explorer and entrepreneur David de Vries gives the first mention of it in his journal for the year 1642 (" the Wickquasgeck Road over which the Indians passed daily ").

* 1987 – Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur ( b. 1904 )

* David Roma ( born 1974 ), American television producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur

* 1961: David McClleland: An entrepreneur is a person with a high need for achievement.

* David Thompson ( Canada West politician ) ( 1793 – 1851 ), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West

* David Thompson ( entrepreneur ) ( born 1936 ), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings

* David Lavalle, entrepreneur, founder of Mr Handyman Franchise and Dryer Vent Wizard

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.

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

David Oppenheimer ( January 1, 1834 – December 31, 1897 ) was a successful entrepreneur, the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a National Historic Person of Canada.

Many prominent Canadians were university debaters, including former Canadian Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, MPs John Godfrey and Justin Trudeau, Canadian Supreme Court justices Ian Binnie and Morris Fish, songwriter Leonard Cohen, entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, environmentalist David Suzuki, and journalist Ian Hanomansing.

The new owners were media company Darling Downs, later renamed Crown Communications, owned by Australian entrepreneur David Haynes.

David Humphreys ( July 10, 1752 – February 21, 1818 ) was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America and member of the Connecticut state legislature.

* David Levy Yulee ( 1810 – 1886 ), Democratic senator from Florida, industrialist and railroad entrepreneur

* David Talbot, journalist, author, media entrepreneur

* David Pitt-Watson, Scottish businessman, social entrepreneur, politician and author

In September 2008 it was announced that David Brown Gear systems and associated companies, David Brown Hydraulics based in Poole in Dorset, Maag Pumps of Switzerland, and Union Pumps of the USA were to be sold to Clyde Blowers of Scotland-owned by entrepreneur Jim McColl-in a £ 368 million deal.

Sir David Brown ( 10 May 1904 – 3 September 1993 ) was an English entrepreneur, managing director of his family firm David Brown Limited and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thornycroft and automobile manufacturer Aston Martin.

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* David Bale ( 1941-2003 ), South African entrepreneur

* David Andreoff Evans ( born 1948 ), computational linguist, entrepreneur