William Lyons

Co-founder of Jaguar Cars (1901–1985)

Sir William Lyons (4 September 1901 – 8 February 1985), known as "Mr. Jaguar", was with fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which became Jaguar Cars Limited after the Second World War.²

From Wikipedia’s article on William Lyons (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 4, 1901, died Feb 8, 1985.¹