1. Bryan Donkin (1970)

Engineer

British engineer who invented and perfected a number of machines, including ones for printing and performing math calculations.

2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806)

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English mechanical and civil engineer who built the Great Western Railway and a series of steamships with various important bridges and tunnels.

3. Henri Giffard (1825)

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French engineer who pioneered research into flight on lighter-than-air balloons. He invented the steam injector and the powered airship in 1852.

4. Emile Braun (1970)

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Belgian engineer, liberal politician, and manager of textile companies. The people in Ghent gave him the nickname Miele Zoetekoeke or Emile Sweet-cake.

5. August Meyer (1851)

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Mining engineer who became the first President of the Commission of Parks in Kansas City, Missouri and is responsible for the development of the city's park and boulevard system. He...

6. Jan Bahyl (1970)

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Engineer who held the patent for the helicopter and used hydraulics in many of his innovative inventions.

7. Arthur Ernest Morgan (1878)

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Civil engineer who designed the Miami Conservancy District flood control system.

8. Herbert Kalmus (1970)

Engineer

Scientist and engineer who created color motion picture film and produced the film 'The Viking.' His massive contributions to the film industry are commemorated on a star on the Walk...

9. Archibald Low (1970)

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British engineer, inventor, and noted author who contributed to the development of torpedoes and rockets.

10. Vytautas Andrius (1898)

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A Lithuanian management theorist, management consultant, and engineer who studied managers and subordinates. He and his wife were arrested for espionage and anti-soviet activities and he died while in custody...

11. Arthtur E. Raymond (1970)

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Aeronautical engineer who designed the DC-3 which was the first airliner that could break even hauling passengers without a government subsidy. He also worked with NASA on Project Gemini and...

12. Sergey Korolyov (1907)

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The lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race who, most notably, launched Sputnik, the first satellite in space, in 1957. However, he died before he could...

13. George Harold Brown (1908)

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Electrical engineer who patented components of everything from radio and television antennas to a radio-frequency method of heating. His invention made it possible for the first time to broadcast FM...

14. John Robinson Pierce (1910)

Engineer

Engineer and author who helped create the concept of Pulse code modulation (PCM).

15. Khaled Mardam-Bey (1970)

Engineer

Computer engineer who became known for designing programs for Microsoft Windows, including the popular chat client IRC.

16. Lou Ottens (1926)

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Dutch engineer, investor and former director of the Phillips Hasselt conglomerate. He worked for Phillips his entire professional career and was credited as the inventor of the cassette tape and...

17. Edgar Cardoso (1970)

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Civil engineer who became known for his construction and testing of bridges in Portugal and for being a pioneer of experimental analysis.

18. Marvin Camras (1916)

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Engineer who created the first magnetic recording device, which paved the way for cassette tapes. He won the National Medal of Technology award in 1990 for his contributes to engineering....

19. Fabio Taglioni (1970)

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Italian engineer who was the chief designer and technical director of Ducati from 1954 until 1989.

20. Rene J. Bienvenu (1970)

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Scientist who was the president of Northwestern State University from 1977 to 1982.

21. Alexei Tupolev (1970)

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Russian aircraft engineer who led the development of the world's first supersonic passenger jet.

22. Stanley F. Schmidt (1926)

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Scientist who worked with NASA Ames Research Center from 1946 to 1961. While at NASA he helped develop a control theory to improve piloted flight simulators.

23. Mike Wimmer (2009)

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Child engineer famous for graduating from high school and college at the same time at the age of 12. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he completed two years' worth of high...

24. Lynn Conway (1938)

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Notable for her role in initiating an important computer science movement known as the Mead & Conway revolution, this scientist and electrical engineer is also famous for her activism on...

25. Masatoshi Shima (1970)

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Japanese electronics engineer who co-developed the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. He won the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology in 1997.

26. Michael D Griffin (1949)

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This prominent aerospace engineer and physicist served from 2005 until 2009 as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Previously, he had headed Johns Hopkins University's Space Department.

27. Zachary Lemnios (1955)

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Scientist who was the United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2009 to 2012. He was awarded the Medal for Exceptional Public Service by the Office...

28. Ian Callum (1954)

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Car designer who has designed award-winning cars for companies like Ford, Aston Martin and Jaguar. In 1999, he was appointed as the Director of Design for Jaguar Cars.

29. Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi (1970)

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Iranian engineer who became a public figure after being named his country's Minister of Information and Communications Technology in 2017. He was previously the Chairman of Telecommunications Infrastructure Company.

30. Juan Sheput (1970)

Engineer

Industrial and political engineer who was elected Congressman of the Republic in 2016. 

31. Camilo Santana (1968)

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Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician who has gained fame as a member of the Worker's Party and became the Governor of Ceara in January 2015.