John Cockerill was an English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium. Born at Haslingden, Lancashire, England, he was brought by his father to the Liège region, where he continued the family tradition of building wool-processing machinery. He founded an ironworks named John Cockerill & Cie..
- Occupation
- entrepreneur, banker, inventor, factory owner
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Belgium
- Born
- August 3, 1790
- Died
- June 9, 1840
