Entrepreneurs
- William Adams (sailor) (1564–1620) – trader and first British navigator to reach Japan
- William Claiborne (c. 1600-c. 1677) – early settler of Virginia and Maryland
- Christopher Branch (c. 1600–1682) – early settler of Virginia
- Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1692–1781) – landowner in Virginia
- William Colgate (1783–1857) – founder of the Colgate toothpaste company
- Gregory Blaxland (1788–1852) – settler of Australia and wine-maker
- Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (1800–1850) – postal pioneer who developed a new route from Great Britain to India
- Darrell Duppa (1832–1892) – co-founder of Phoenix, Arizona
- Edward William Cole (1832–1918) – successful bookshop owner in Melbourne, Australia
- Charles Elkin Mathews (1851–1921) – publisher and bookseller
- George Marchant (1857–1941) – soft-drink manufacturer in Australia
- Bronson Albery (1881–1971) – theatre director and impresario
- Freddie Laker (1922–2006) – founder of Laker Airways
- Ian Davis (born 1952) – Managing Director of McKinsey & Company
- John Charman (born 1953) – CEO/President/Director of Bermuda based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd
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