Johannes Gütgemann (1857–1929), also known as John Taylor and John Goodman, was the founder of the Velocette motorcycle company. Gütgemann was born in Oberwinter, a town on the banks of the Rhine in Germany around 1857. His father was a successful merchant but died when Johannes was young, so when he was nineteen he moved to England to start a new life. He married Elizabeth Ore in 1884, settling near her home in Birmingham. They had five children together.