Jay Cooke

Jay Cooke was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm.

10 August 1821

Born on the same birth day (10 August): Anne, Duchess of Exeter • Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss • Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Ian Anderson • Jimmy Griffin • Kyle Brown (soccer) • Malene Schwartz • Pat Pitney • Rick Overton • Tevfik Kış • Tony Ross

Born in the same month (August 1821): Arthur Cayley • Hermann von Helmholtz • James S. White • Louis Vuitton (designer)