William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)
William Henry Osborn (December 21, 1820 – March 2, 1894) was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist. He was a railroad tycoon who, as head of the Illinois Central Railroad and later the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, became one of the most prominent railroad leaders in the United States. A friend and patron of painter Frederic Edwin Church, he was an avid art collector. His two sons went on to become presidents of prominent museums in New York City.