Factory owner and Liberal Member of Parliament, was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire.
Edward Akroyd
Industrialist, politician and philanthropist.
Frank Harris Fulford
Canadian-born entrepreneur, art collector and businessman
James Burton
James Burton (1784–1868) was the owner of several cotton mills in Tyldesley and Hindsford in the mid-19th century.
John Holker
Jacobite soldier, industrialist, and one of the world's first industrial espionage agents.
John Kemp Starley
Inventor of the safety bicycle and founder of what became known as the Rover car manufacturing company.
John Rylands
John Rylands (7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester’s first multi-millionaire.
John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
Scottish chemical manufacturer, supporter of religious causes, philanthropist and Liberal politician
Marshall Stevens
Property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894.
Patrick Milne of Crimonmogate
Wealthy Scottish merchant, politician, and landowner; commissioned Aberdeen architects to design two houses.