Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
France
Date of Birth: 1765 — 1833
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, is credited as the inventor of photography. He was a French inventor,...
Blane David Nordahl
United States
Date of Birth: 1962
Burglar to the Stars
Blane Nordahl is a unique American cat burglar - a person who is adept at...
Dan O'Connor
Canada
Date of Birth: 1864 — 1933
Daniel O'Connor (31 January 1864 – 30 March 1933) was a Canadian politician, businessman and...
Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot
House of Odiot
France
Date of Birth: 1763 — 1850
The House of Odiot was founded in 1690 by Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odiot but rose to prominence...
Peder Olofsson
Sweden
Date of Birth: 17th C
The Nasa (Nasafjäll) silver mine (Swedish: Nasa silvergruva), located on Nasa Mountain on the...
Carl Poul Peterson
Canada
Date of Birth: 1895 — 1977
According to his family history, Carl Poul Petersen apprenticed at Georg Jensen in Denmark...
Jean Puiforcat
France
Date of Birth: 1897 — 1945
Jean Puiforcat served in WWI. After the war, he apprenticed as a silversmith and a designer. He...
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Robert A. Quartermain
Canada
Date of Birth: 1955 — -
Inducted into the Silver Hall of Fame in 2017
Robert A. Quartermain has extensive global...
Henry G. Reed
Reed & Barton
Date of Birth: 1810 — 1901
Founded in 1824, Reed & Barton was a silver manufacturer that produced silverware, flatware and...
Paul Revere
United States
Date of Birth: 1735 — 1818
Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 – May 10, 1818]) was an American silversmith, engraver, early...
Wilhelm Rontgen
Germany
Date of Birth: 1845 — 1923
Wihelm Rontgen was a German physicist who was the first person to systematically produce and...
Atsidi Sani
United States
Date of Birth: 1830 — 1918
Sani played an important role in the history of Navajo silversmithing. He is known by many to be...
Paul Sarnoff
United States
Date of Birth: 1918 — 1999
Paul Sarnoff was, in addition to being a career commodities trader, a prolific writer. His...
Ed Schieffelin
United States
Date of Birth: 1847 — 1897
Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was an American prospector and Indian fighter best known for...
Johann Heinrich Schulze
Germany
Date of Birth: 1687 — 1744
Johann Schulze was a German physician and anatomy professor who made a significant discovery in...
Giovanni Battista Serpieri
Italy
Date of Birth: 1832 — 1897
Giovanni Battista Serpieri was the first foreign "mega-entrepreneur" to invest in Greece. He was...
Tommy Singer
United States
Date of Birth: 1940 — 2014
Tommy Singer (born 1940; death May 31, 2014) was a Navajo silversmith who specialized in chip-inlay...
Antonio Siraumea
Mexico
Date of Birth: 1710 — 1760
Antonio Siraumea, a Yaqui, was likely a resident of the rancheria Arizonac, a real or small...
William Morris Stewart
United States
Date of Birth: 1827 — 1909
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827 – April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and...
Paul Storr
United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 1770 — 1844
Paul Storr was England's most celebrated silversmith during the first half of the nineteenth...