Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawrence Johnson (inventor)
This was a tough one. I was hesitant to recommend delete after seeing that http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/business/14johnson.html?_r=1 the New York Times published an obituary, but after a more thorough search I've found no reliable and significant sources other than obituaries, which mostly read quite similarly. Notability could possible be argued for two things: his innovation in boat design, and his company. However the latter fails by the non-Inheritability of notability and the former because it's only one thing (to borrow the concept of 
— User:Samuel, 14:47, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:1E (Wikipedia:Notability)