WJohn T. Apperson was an American steamboat captain and military officer who also served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He was born in Christian County, Kentucky, son of Beverly Apperson and Jane Gilbert Tubbs. He was a steamboat captain and owner on the Willamette River in the 1850s. He served as a first lieutenant in Company "E" of the Oregon Cavalry during the American Civil War.
WJohn Ellerker Boulcott (1784-1855) was a London merchant and shipowner. He was a director of the London and Dublin Bank and also a director of the New Zealand Company and he served as the sheriff of Merioneth in Wales. He owned considerable land and buildings in London and other property just outside the city by the time of his death in 1855.
WMary Hayley née Wilkes was an English businesswoman. She parlayed an inheritance from her first husband into a sizeable estate with her second husband. Upon the latter's death, she took over the business and successfully operated a shipping firm from 1781 to 1792 before living out her life in Bath.
WAlfred Holt was a British engineer, ship owner and merchant. He lived at Crofton, Aigburth in Liverpool, England. Holt is credited with establishing the long distance steamship by developing a type that replaced sailing clippers on the route from Britain to China.
WGeorge Holt was a Victorian ship owner, merchant and art collector from Liverpool. Together with William James Lamport, he founded the Lamport and Holt shipping line in 1845.
WMatthew Henry Horsley was an English timber merchant, shipowner, and philatelist noted for his collections of Canadian and Australian stamps.
WHans Peder Kofoed was a Danish brewer, merchant and shipowner who became wealthy from trade on the Danish West Indies.. He constructed the townhouse on Christianshavn in Copenhagen that is now known as the Heering House after a later owner. Late in his life, he also acquired the estates Holbæk Ladegård and Astrup near Holbæk and Roskilde. His widow, Marie Kofoed, established a memorial foundation in his name-
WAnna Lohe née Blume, was a Swedish banker.
WJohan Lohe (1643–1704) was a Swedish banker.
WTheis Jacob Thorkildsen Lundegaard was a Norwegian farmer, shipowner and politician. He represented Lister amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from 1815 to 1816, from 1821 to 1822, from 1827 to 1833, and in 1845.
WCatharina Lysholm, was a Norwegian businesswoman and ship-owner.
WCharles Morgan was an American railroad and shipping magnate. He played a leading role in the development of transportation and commerce in the Southern United States through the mid- to late-19th century.
WJohn Thomson Rennie (1824-1878) was a Scottish ship-owner who played an important role in the South African shipping business from the mid-nineteenth century, carrying mail, cattle, and passengers. Two of his steamers were sunk in accidents not long after he received them but he continued in business with other ships.
WHenry Smithers was an English shipowner based in Southwark, London. He was an active radical and abolitionist. He wrote poetry and a number of books on commerce and economics.
WGeorge Thompson (1804–1895) was a Scottish Liberal politician who was The Lord Provost of Aberdeen and MP for city. He was also the founder of the Aberdeen Line shipping company.
WHans Thoresen was a Norwegian timber merchant and ship-owner in Christiania, Norway. He became a burgher in Christiania in 1790 and built a large timber business in the city.
WKaren Toller was a Norwegian estate owner and ship owner.