James Burton (1784–1868) was the owner of several cotton mills in Tyldesley and Hindsford in the mid-19th century.
John Blenkinsop
Mining engineer at Charles Brandling’s Middleton Collieries who patented a rack and pinion system for a steam locomotive and commissioned the first practical railway locomotive from Fenton, Murray and Wood’s Round Foundry in Holbeck, Leeds in 1811.
John Frederick Bateman
English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood (1788–1851) was the keeper of a toll-gate in Pendleton on the Manchester to Liverpool turnpike, who In 1824 inaugurated the United Kingdom’s first omnibus service.
John Grundy Limited
Company of heating engineers and ironfounders, started in Tyldesley, Lancashire in 1857.
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
Kaye’s Mineral Line
Standard gauge mineral line built to serve the pits owned by the Lister Kayes of Denby Grange in West Yorkshire.