Editing Draper (section)

==Historical drapers==
[[File:Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln, England - DSCF1759.JPG|thumb|A replica draper's shop at the [[Museum of Lincolnshire Life]], Lincoln, England]] 
A number of notable people who have at one time or another worked as drapers include:
* [[Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet]] (1586–1667/1668), Lord Mayor of the City of London
* [[William Barley]] (1565?–1614), bookseller and publisher
* [[Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett|Norman Birkett]]
* [[Margaret Bondfield]]
* [[Thomas Burberry]], Founder of fashion brand "[[Burberry]]"
* [[Eleanor Coade]] (1733–1821), successful businesswoman with [[Coade stone]]
* [[John Graunt]], founder of the science of demography
* [[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]]
* [[John Lewis Partnership|John Spedan Lewis]]
* [[William McGregor (football)|William McGregor]] (1846–1911), chairman of [[Aston Villa Football Club]] and founder of the [[Football League]]
* [[Anthony Munday]]
* [[Hector MacDonald]], was a drapers apprentice until at 18 he joined the army.
* [[Harry S. Truman]], [[haberdasher]] before he became a Senator, Vice President and President of the United States
* [[H. G. Wells]] and his fictional characters [[Kipps]] and [[The History of Mr Polly|Mr Polly]] were draper's assistants 
* [[Edward Whalley]], regicide, cousin of [[Oliver Cromwell]]
* [[George Williams (YMCA)|George Williams]], founder of the [[YMCA]]<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/360/ |title=My Dear Home, I Love You, You're a House for Each of Us and Home for All of Us |website=[[World Digital Library]] |date=1918 |access-date=2013-10-26 }}</ref>
* [[John Woodward (naturalist)|John Woodward]], geologist and physician to King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]