Eli Whitney Blake Jr.
Eli Whitney Blake Jr.( April 20, 1836 – January 10, 1895) was an American scientist.
His father and namesake was an inventor and partner of the Blake Brothers manufacturing firm.
The origin of the name Eli Whitney comes from Blake senior's uncle Eli Whitney, who changed the face of the cotton industry with the invention of the cotton gin.
Vladimír Železný
Vladimír Železný( born 3 March 1945) is a Czech businessman and politician.
He was the first CEO of TV NOVA, a popular Czech television station and was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009.
As a media mogul with political influence, he has been compared to Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi.
Eli Whitney Debevoise
Eli Whitney Debevoise( December 14, 1899 – June 30, 1990) was a prominent New York lawyer who co-founded the law firm Debevoise& Plimpton and periodically served in a variety of high- profile government positions.
Charles Andrew Whitney
Charles Andrew Whitney (November 14, 1834 – December 31, 1912) was an American businessman and industrialist in the late 19th century, born in Princeton, Massachusetts.
He was part of the prominent American Whitney family.
In 1859, Charles, his brother Levi L. Whitney, and Orville E. Thompson helped lead the large-scale manufacturing of leather boots and shoes in Chicago and were attributed with successfully running the first factory of its kind there.
Whitney himself held patents for the manufacture of leather.
Thompson, Whitney, and Co. (later Whitney Bros. and Co.) had 300 workers and annual revenue of over $300,000, producing over 100 cases of leather goods per week at its peak.
In the 1860s, the company was among the top producers in the rapidly growing Chicago leather industry, and its products were showcased in the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867.
In 1870, the company was noted as by far the highest-grossing producer in the city.
After the loss of the factory in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Charles returned to Massachusetts with his wife Martha Elizabeth (Waters) Whitney, and resided at the historic Waters Farm in Sutton, Massachusetts.
He died December 31, 1912 at the age of 78 from artero sclerosis.
Giuseppe Visenzi
Giuseppe Visenzi( born January 22, 1941 in Brescia) is a former Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
His best year was in 1969 when he finished third in the 350cc world championship, behind Giacomo Agostini and Silvio Grassetti.
Aristide Compagnoni
Aristide Compagnoni( 26 July 1910 – 1995) was an Italian cross country skier who competed in the 1930s.
Compagnoni, born in Santa Caterina Valfurva, is the brother of the skiers Severino and Ottavio Compagnoni.
He won two bronze medals in the 4 x 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships( 1937 and 1939).
At the 1935 Trofeo Mezzalama, together with Mario Compagnoni and Silvio Confortola, he finished third.
The 1938 Trofeo Mezzalama he won together with the brothers Severino and Silvio Confortola.
He participated in the demonstration event, military patrol( precursor to biathlon), in the 1948 Winter Olympics, when he had the military rank Sergente.
Further notable results were:
Catharine Littlefield Greene
Catharine Littlefield" Caty" Greene Miller( 17 February 1755 – 2 September 1814) was the wife of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene.
She was the mother of five, and noted for being a supporter of the inventor Eli Whitney.
Silvio Tozzi
Silvio Tozzi( born 14 April 1908, date of death unknown) was an Italian wrestler.
He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney( December 8, 1765 January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.
This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
Whitney's invention made upland short cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the United States.
Despite the social and economic impact of his invention, Whitney lost many profits in legal battles over patent infringement for the cotton gin.
Thereafter, he turned his attention into securing contracts with the government in the manufacture of muskets for the newly formed United States Army.
He continued making arms and inventing until his death in 1825.
Eli Whitney Blake
Eli Whitney Blake, Sr.( January 27, 1795 – August 18, 1886) was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone- crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Question: Did Eli Whitney and Silvio Tozzi have the same nationality?
Answer: no