Think you could use something like this, array-entered*:
=INDEX(A2:A100,MATCH(MIN(IF(E2:E100="Tommy",A2:A10 0)),IF(E2:E100="Tommy",A2:A100),0))

*Press CRTL+SHIFT+ENTER to confirm the formula
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"Freshman" wrote:
Dear experts,

I've rows of records which column A is for dates and column E is for
saleman's names:

1 Aug 2007 Tommy
15 Aug 2007 Tommy
26 Sep 2007 Tommy
4 July 2007 Peter
25 Sep 2007 Peter
18 Nov 2007 Peter

Is there a function which can filter out the earliest date for Tommy,
Peter....etc.
Please advise.

Thanks & regards.