Home / Birthday profiles / Noel Macklin

Birthday profile

Noel Macklin

Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
October 28, 1886
Age in 2026
140
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1886

About Noel Macklin

Sir (Albert) Noel Campbell Macklin was an innovative British car maker and boat designer. He founded Eric-Campbell in 1919, Silver Hawk in 1920, Invicta in 1925, and Railton in 1933. In 1939 he founded Fairmile Marine and supplied boats to the Royal Navy throughout World War II, an effort for which he was honoured with a knighthood. Macklin was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and served as a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War. Macklin co-founded the Eric-Campbell car manufacturer in 1919; the company’s name was a portmanteau of the founders’ middle names, including "Campbell".

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Noel Macklin timeline

  1. Macklin was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and served as a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War.
  2. Macklin co-founded the Eric-Campbell car manufacturer in 1919; the company’s name was a portmanteau of the founders’ middle names, including "Campbell".
  3. He founded Eric-Campbell in 1919, Silver Hawk in 1920, Invicta in 1925, and Railton in 1933.
  4. In 1939 he founded Fairmile Marine and supplied boats to the Royal Navy throughout World War II, an effort for which he was honoured with a knighthood.

The world when Noel Macklin was born

Noel Macklin was born in 1886. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst professional baseball game under electric lights
  • Top headlineStatue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor
  • Technology milestoneCoca-Cola invented in Atlanta
  • Notable inventionCoca-Cola (originally contained cocaine)
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population55.6M

1886 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Noel Macklin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18862026
Population55.6M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.