John Deere (inventor)

John Deere was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manufacturers in the world. Born in Rutland, Vermont, Deere moved to Illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837.

7 February 1804

Born on the same birth day (7 February): G. H. Hardy • Gareth Hunt • Garth Brooks • Hugo Sperrle • K. N. Choksy • Lalo Ríos • Margaret Fownes-Luttrell • Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer) • Omar Marmoush • Pete Postlethwaite • Robert Brazile • Sergi Roberto • Thomas Killigrew

Born in the same month (February 1804): Carl von Rokitansky • Emil Lenz • Johan Ludvig Runeberg • Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold