James Dyson

Sir James Dyson is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2024, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.4 billion.

2 May 1947

Born on the same birth day (2 May): B. B. Lal • Bianca Jagger • Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) • Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf • Henrik Steffens • James F. Byrnes • Jean-Baptiste Barrière • Jeong Jin-woon • Jurgis Baltrušaitis • Ki Hajar Dewantara • Kris Russell • Lorenzo Music • Maynor Figueroa • Nigel Patrick • Norma Aleandro • Novalis • Pinky Lee • Régis Labeaume

Born in the same month (May 1947): Albert Bouchard • Butch Trucks • David Helfgott • Gail Strickland • Jane Kenyon • Jocelyne Bourassa • John Bruton • John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan • Junior Campbell • Martha Nussbaum • Marty Kristian • Michael Ignatieff • Mike Reid (singer) • Nazareth (band) • Yukiya Amano • İlber Ortaylı