James Henry Hoyt (April 14, 1809 - December 14, 1873) was a railroad entrepreneur and member of the Connecticut Senate representing Connecticut's 12th District from 1857 to 1858.

He was a merchant, banker, railroad entrepreneur, land developer and timber company investor.

Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by the Elyton Land Company whose investors included cotton planters, bankers and railroad entrepreneurs.

"Transportation determines the flow of population," declared J. D. Spreckels, one of California's early railroad entrepreneurs, just after the dawn of the twentieth century.

Rise of the "kings" was made possible by the government's preference for private ownership of the railroads and generous support to railroad entrepreneurs.

February 20 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)

Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (b. 1819)

The Bamberger Electric Railway was built under the leadership of Simon Bamberger, pioneer Utah coal-mine operator and railroad entrepreneur.

The first to build was Marion B. Carhart, the widow of Amory S. Carhart, a banking and railroad entrepreneur.

George Brown (1787-1859) was an Irish-American investment banker and railroad entrepreneur.