Joshua Lionel Cowen

Joshua Lionel Cowen, born Joshua Lionel Cohen, was an American inventor and cofounder of Lionel Corporation, a manufacturer of model railroads and toy trains that gained prominence in the market before and after World War II.

25 August 1877

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Bernardo Rezende • Brad Drew • Charles Richet • Claudia Schiffer • David Alan Basche • Don DeFore • Hans Krebs (biochemist) • Lady Katherine Grey • Petria Thomas • Sikander Bakht (cricketer) • Thomas Bladen Capel • Tom Hollander

Born in the same month (August 1877): Adolph M. Christianson • Albert Bartha • Charles Rolls • Ernst Wetter • George Hackenschmidt • Laura Knight • Ralph McKittrick • Ravishankar Shukla • Tachiyama Mineemon • Tom Thomson • Wallace H. White