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Joseph Marie Jacquard
French inventor
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Oholiab
thumb|Aholiab making the curtains of the tabernacle and priestly vestments (Maurice de Brunhoff, 1908).
thumb|right|Nabi Sujud shrine for Aholiab Ben Akhisamakh, located in Jezzine District.
In the Hebrew Bible, Oholiab (), son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, worked under Bezalel as the deputy architect of the Tabernacle and the implements which it housed, including the Ark of the Covenant. He is described in Exodus 38:23 as a master of carpentry, weaving, and embroidery.
Thomas Deloney
English poet, novelist, and composer
Mauatua
thumb|Tapa cloth made by MauatuaMauatua, also Maimiti or Isabella Christian, also known as Mainmast, ( 1764 – 19 September 1841) was a Tahitian tapa maker, who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty mutineers. She married both Fletcher Christian and Ned Young, and had children with both men. Fine white tapa, which was her specialty, is held in the collections of the British Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum, amongst others.
Pieter de Coninck
Flemish revolutionary
Evan James
Welsh poet
Madame Zo
Malagasy weaver
Peter Salem
American soldier of the Revolutionary War
Maria Garcia Sanchís
Valencian weaver and militiawoman
Allina Ndebele
South African visual artist (born 1939)