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John Cockerill

1790 - 1840

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John Cockerill (3 August 1790 – 9 June 1840) was an English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium. Born at Haslingden, Lancashire, England, he was brought by his father (British entrepreneur William Cockerill) to the Liège region, where he continued the family tradition of building wool-processing machinery. He founded an ironworks named John Cockerill & Cie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cockerill has received more than 7,400 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cockerill is the 294th most popular businessperson, the 1,947th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 16th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Cockerill ranks 294 out of 847. Before him are Jensen Huang, Sergio Marchionne, Stefano Casiraghi, Charles Pathé, Albert Kahn, and Arnon Milchan. After him are John DeLorean, Silvio Santos, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Arthur Guinness, Douglas Tompkins, and Frits Philips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, John Cockerill ranks 22. Before him are Gideon Mantell, Markos Botsaris, José Antonio Páez, William Parry, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, and Keisai Eisen. After him are Karol Lipiński, William Smith, Manuel Blanco Encalada, Johann Jakob Heckel, James Pradier, and Claude Pouillet. Among people deceased in 1840, John Cockerill ranks 28. Before him are Francisco de Paula Santander, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, and Marcellin Champagnat. After him are Karl Otfried Müller, Johann Michael Vogl, Frances Burney, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, and Carl Blechen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Cockerill ranks 1,947 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Banks (1950), John Wyndham (1903), Robert Darwin (1766), Peter Crouch (1981), F. H. Bradley (1846), and Charles Kay Ogden (1889). After him are John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Frederick Marryat (1792), Alan Stacey (1933), Mary Ward (1585), Harold Bride (1890), and Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, John Cockerill ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Lipton (1848), Ron Dennis (1947), Frank Williams (1942), Vidal Sassoon (1928), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), and David Icke (1952). After him are Edward Cave (1691), Alfred Edwards (1850), B. C. Forbes (1880), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Mark Thatcher (1953), and Henry Cole (1808).

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