Wernher von Braun
Nazi rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, aeronautical engineer for the Third Reich Nazi party, NASA space architect aka Werner von Braun, head of NASA for 25 years for the Apollo missions, architect of the Saturn 5 rocket, father of the hydrogen bomb, author of Project Mars (1952)
Albert Göring
Mechanical engineer, signalman, businessman, philanthropist, moral integrity, saved many prominent Jews
goering.dk
Alfieri Maserati
Automotive engineer, racing car manufacturer, race cars, founder of Maserati
1887-1932 (45)
Alfonso Bialetti
Engineer, first coffee maker to use the coffee pot invented by Luigi De Ponti
Ali Ibrahim Agaoglu living
Allan Wong living
A. M. MacKay
Cable technician, engineer for the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, politician in the House of Assembly, lived in the Devon House
Andrei Molchanov living
Anthony Bamford living
Antoine Prioré
electrical engineer, inventor of controversial electromagnetic device claimed to cure cancer
Antti Herlin living
Anu Aga living
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Aerospace engineer, physicist, scientist, politician, 11th President of India from 2002-2007
1931-2015 (84)
britannica.com
Arkady Rotenberg living
Bhadresh Shah living
Boris Rotenberg living
Briton Thomas Hancock
manufacturing engineer, inventor of the masticator machine for shredding rubber scraps and rubber recycling, awarded a British patent for the vulcanization of rubber
Bruce Cheng living
Charles Babbage
Inventor of the first mechanical computer, mathematician, polymath, mechanical engineer, philosopher
Charles F. Brush
inventor, engineer known for Arc lamps and wind turbines, pioneer in electric arc lighting, entrepreneur, philanthropist
1849-1929 (80)
britannica.com
Charles F. Kettering
Inventor, automotive engineer, patents, founder of Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company), lead researcher at General Motors
Charles William Siemens
engineer, inventor, regenerative furnace, brother of Siemens founder
Chen Qixing living
Cheng Hon-kwan
structural engineer, politician, chairman of Hong Kong Housing Authority, Hong Kong Transport Advisory Committee
Clement Fayat living
Ctesibius
Mathematician, engineer, inventor of the clepsydra Egyptian water clock in 270 BC, mathematician
Daimler
Engineer, inventor, pioneer of the gas engine in automobiles
David Consunji living
Dean Kamen
Engineer, 1000 patents holder, inventor of the Segway upright cycle, partner at Deka Research, entrepreneur, water systems, philanthropist with distilled water process
firstinspires.org
Dik Wessels living
Edwin H. Armstrong living
Electrical engineer, inventor of FM radio, father of the FM radio
1890- (134)
mayoclinicproceedings.org
Gustave Eiffel
civil engineer, architect designer of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Maria Pia Bridge and whisky stills for Combier Distillery and Lucas Bols
Erik Paulsson living
billionaire real estate mogul, construction engineer
1942- (82)
Erman Ilicak living
Felice Matteucci
mechanical engineer, co-inventor of the Barsanti-Matteucci engine
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Mechanical engineer, conceived the plan of the Suez Canal which completed work in 1969
Filaret Galchev living
Florentino Perez living
Frank Wang living
Frank Whittle
Inventor of Jet propulsion and the turbojet engine, aerospace engineer
Fred Brooks
Computer scientist, supercomputer engineer, IT architect for IBM, author of The Mythical Man Month
1931-2022 (91)
britannica.com
Fred W. Taylor
Mechanical engineer, social psychologist, pioneer in scientific management theory (or "Taylorism"), author of The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911
Frederick Winslow Taylor
inventor of scientific management, or Taylorism which led to new concepts in engineering and business
Gene Kranz living
Aerospace engineer
1933- (91)
nasa.gov
George Westinghouse
Bought the A/C induction motor and Tesla patents, built first hydro-electric dam in Niagara Falls
Gideon Sundback
Electrical engineer, inventor of the zipper or the separable fastener in 1917 at Lightning Fastener Company in St. Catharines.
Gordon Murray living
automotive engineer, designer of F1 racing cars for Brabham and McLaren F1 racing team
1946- (78)
gordonmurrayautomotive.com
Gottlieb Daimler
gunsmith, mechanical engineer who worked on the Lenoir engine, prior to perfecting the four-stroke internal combustion engine aka Otto silent engine with Wilhelm Maybach, at the NA Otto & Cie (company) of Nicolaus Otto and Eugen Langen
Han Tao living
Henry Bell
mechanical engineer, inventor of the first passenger steamboat service in Europe
Henry Shrapnel
Lieutenant British army general, artillery officer, inventor of a new type of artillery shells
1761-1842 (81)
Huang Zhenda living
Idan Ofer living
Ilkka Herlin living
Ilona Herlin living
J. Elfreth Watkins
Philosopher, railroads, civil engineer, futurist, mobile phones
bbc.com
Jack Kilby
Electrical engineer, inventor of the integrated circuit at Texas Instruments in 1958
Jacque Fresco
Futurist, social engineer, founder of The Venus Project, industrial engineer, resource based economy, economist, artificial intelligence, moneyless society, future of money, communist, socialist, activist
1916-2017 (101)
thevenusproject.com
Jason Chang living
Jim Keller living
Electrical engineer, designer of microchips for AMD, K8 microarchitectures, Apple A4/A5 chips, brother-in-law of Jordan B. Peterson
1959- (65)
J.L. Baird
Electrical engineer, inventor of the world's first working television (TV)
biography.com
John Ambrose Fleming
Electrical engineer, inventor of vacuum tubes that paved the way for modern electronics and radio broadcasting
John Penn
Engineer for Royal Navy, inventor of the grasshopper beam engine and trunk engine, technologies leading up to battleships
John Robinson Pierce
engineer, author, inventor, grandfather of satellite communications
Col. John Stevens, III
American lawyer, engineer, inventor of the first steam locomotive and steam-powered ferry in the USA
Jose Llado Fernandez-Urrutia living
Juan-Miguel Villar Mir living
Koo Bon-Neung living
Lee Joong-Keun living
Leo J. Wahl
Founder of Wahl in 1919, entrepreneur, inventor of electromagnetic hair clippers, engineer
1883-1957 (74)
Lin Xiucheng living
Lu Yonghua living
Magnus Kristof
Automotive engineer, inventor of Fuel Saver a gas efficiency electrical capacitor, 1200 miles on a tank of gas
Matthew Boulton
inventor of modern coinage, silver coins, entrepreneur, engineer, worked with James Watt to introduce rotary motion to steam engines
Mehmet Sinan Tara living
Michael D. Griffin living
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018-2020, physicist, aerospace engineer, NASA administrator, co-founder of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), investor with In-Q-Tel, CIA intelligence officer
1949- (75)
Mike Bingle
Biomedical engineer, financier, vice-chairman of Silver Lake since 2000, formerly principal partner at Apollo Management LP, investment banker at Goldman Sachs, director at Ameritrade, Ancentry.com, Credit Karma, Datek, Fanatics, Gartner, Gerson Lehrman, ICE Data Services, IPC Systems, Instinet, Mercury Payment Systems, SolarWinds, Virtu Financial, N-Able, SoFi, Achievers, Blackhawk Network
silverlake.com
Moshe Arens
Aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat, Likud politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Knesset legislature, Minister of Defense of Israel
1925-2019 (94)
M.W. Kellogg
engineer, founder of intelligence agency M.W. Kellogg Brown & Root that is now KBR Halliburton
kbr.com
Nassef Sawiris living
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
engineer, mechanic, inventor of the steam-powered tractor in 1769
1725-1804 (79)
Niklas Herlin living
Oliver Evans
inventor, mechanical engineer, patented a steam-powered land vehicle in 1789
Oscar Schneider
US Navy captain, nuclear medicine, engineer, nuclear submarines, Operation Crossroads
Pan Zhengmin living
Patrick Pouyanné living
Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014, engineer
1963- (61)
Phil Schneider
Geologist, structural engineer of Rhyolite 38, NWO whistleblower about the construction of Deep Undeground Military Bases (DUMBs), UFOs, aliens
1947-1996 (49)
Ravi Pillai living
Reinhold Voll
Medical doctor focused on preventative medicine, rheumatology, homeopathy, homeopathic physician, engineer, inventor of the Diatherapunktteur, Dermatron useful for vibration medicine or electro-acupuncture (EAV), electro-dermal screening (EDS)
Renata de Camargo Nascimento living
Robert Moses
Urban planner for New York City, public official, civil servant, civil engineering
1888-1981 (93)
Robert Owen Sr.
President of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, US senator from Virginia from 1869–1871, civil engineer, plantation owner in Virginia
1825-1873 (48)
Sarik Tara living
Seth Tanner
Gold miner, pioneer, early settler in Arizona, he was supposedly blinded after discovering gold treasures in a mass grave
Siegfried Marcus,
mechanical engineer of handcarts, inventor of the first petrol-gas automobile in 1870
Stephen Bechtel, Jr. living
Billionaire, co-owner of Bechtel, businessman, civil engineer, grandson of Bechtel founder
1925- (99)
Stephen Bechtel, Sr.
President of Bechtel from 1933-1960, construction engineer, son of Bechtel founder
1900-1989 (89)
Sun Shangchuan living
Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary living
Symington
inventor, engineer, designer of steamboat engines, built a successful British steamboat in 1801
Thomas Midgley Jr
mechanical engineer, chemist, inventor of Freon and leaded gasoline
Tony Chen living
Tony Fadell
Angel investor at Future Shape, software engineer, co-founder of Nest Labs, formerly at Apple, co-inventor of the iPhone & iPod
W. Edwards Deming
Engineer
deming.org
Walter Dornberger
Engineer for the Third Reich, Operation Paperclip, V-2 rockets, worked for Bell Aircraft
britannica.com
Walter Scott Jr.
Billionaire, civil engineer, philanthropist, succeeded Peter Kiewit as chairman and CEO of Kiewit
1931-2021 (90)
Wang Laichun living
Wang Laisheng living
Warren A. Bechtel
founder of Bechtel engineering and construction in 1906, entrepreneur
1872-1933 (61)
Wilhelm Maybach
industrialist aka King of Designers, mechanical engineer who perfected the four-stroke cycle engine (1876) with Gottlieb Diamler, Nicolaus Otto and Eugen Langen
William Barnett
ironfounder, gas engineer, inventor, patented the horizontal in-cylinder compression engine (1836-1838), pioneer in gas flame ignition
William Stanley
electrical engineer, inventor of the transformer which spurred AC power
edisontechcenter.org
Wilson Greatbatch
Mechanical engineer, inventor of the first practical implantable pacemaker
Wolfgang Leitner living
Yeoh Tiong Lay living
Yuval Ne'eman
Physicist, founder and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tel-Aviv University, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, founder of the Center for Particle Theory at the University of Texas (UT Austin)
1925-2006 (81)
science.co.il