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Nikola Tesla
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Nikola Tesla
Engineer, Inventor / 1856 - 1943
Serbian-American inventor Nikola Telsa developed the alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today, and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis of most AC machinery). -
Steve Wozniak
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Steve Wozniak
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Engineer, Inventor / 1950 -
Steve Wozniak is an American computer scientist best known as one of the founders of Apple and the inventor of the Apple II computer.
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Ellen Ochoa
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Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut, Engineer, Musician / 1958 -
Selected by NASA in 1990, Ellen Ochoa became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut in 1991.
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Lonnie G. Johnson
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Lonnie G. Johnson
Engineer, Inventor / 1949 -
Lonnie G. Johnson is an engineer and inventor who worked on the Cassini mission to Jupiter and invented the Super Soaker.
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Gustave Eiffel
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Gustave Eiffel
Engineer / 1832 - 1923
Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who designed and oversaw construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
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Lewis Howard Latimer
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Lewis Howard Latimer
Engineer, Inventor / 1848 - 1928
Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.
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