Thomas Andrews was the principle architect for the infamous RMS Titanic. He died in the sinking, on April 15, 1912.
1873-1912
1890-1954
Scottish engineer John Logie Baird was the first man to televise pictures of objects in motion. He also demonstrated color television, in 1928.
1888-1946
1902-1988
1844-1929
Sergey Brin created Google, the world's most popular search engine. Brin and Larry Page, Google's co-creator, still manage the company and are billionaires.
1973-
1837-1894
David Nelson Crosthwait, Jr. was an African American pioneer in the field of heating and air conditioning, best known for heating up Radio City Music Hall.
1898-1976
German inventor Gottlieb Daimler patented one of the first successful internal-combustion engines and later founded the Daimler company, which produced the first Mercedes car in 1899.
1834-1900
Intrigued by burrs that stuck to his clothing, in 1956, Swiss engineer George de Mestral invented the popular fastener now known as Velcro®.
1907-1990
1895-1980
J. Presper Eckert Jr. was the award-winning co-inventor of the first general purpose digital computer.
1919-1995
Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who designed and oversaw construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
1832-1923
1824-1869
1836-1906
John Ambrose Fleming was an English scientist who made groundbreaking innovations in electrical engineering.
1849-1945
Sandford Fleming was a civil engineer and scientist best known as the chief railway engineer of Canada in the 19th century.
1827-1915
1895-1983
1765-1815
1882-1945
William S. Harley was an American entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
1880-1943
1913-2001
Lonnie G. Johnson is an engineer and inventor who worked on the Cassini mission to Jupiter and invented the Super Soaker.
1949-
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is an Indian scientist and politician who served his country as president from 2002 to 2007.
1931-
Jack Kilby was an American physicist and electrical engineer who co-created the integrated circuit.
1923-2005
Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.
1848-1928
1764-1820
Wen Ho Lee is a nuclear engineer who was working at Los Alamos National Laboratory when he was accused of being a Chinese spy.
1939-
A co-founder of Apple Computers Inc., Mike Markkula laid the groundwork for the company's success with his management and marketing vision.
1942-
The youngest of the Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx was the handsomest sibling, but often underappreciated as the straight man and young romantic lead. He left the famous comedic team to become a millionaire inventor.
1901-1979
Marissa Mayer led the development of Google's most successful products for more than 10 years and was appointed CEO of Yahoo in 2012, at the age of 37.
1975-
Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African-American inventor best known for inventing lubrication devices used to make train travel more efficient.
1844-1929
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur known for co-founding Tesla Motors, X.com—which later became PayPal—and SpaceX, the last of which launched a landmark commercial spacecraft on May 22, 2012.
1971-
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and other explosives. He used his enormous fortune from 355 patents to institute the Nobel Prizes.
1833-1896
Science educator Bill Nye is best known for hosting Bill Nye, the Science Guy, a PBS Kids show about science.
1955-
Selected by NASA in 1990, Ellen Ochoa became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut in 1991.
1958-
J. Robert Oppenheimer is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for leading the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II.
1904-1967
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1962-
Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche car company in 1931. In the early 1920s, he oversaw the development of the Mercedes compressor car, and later developed the first designs of the Volkswagen car with his son, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche.
1875-1951
Thanks to the model 356, created in 1948 by Ferdinand Anton Ernst "Ferry" Porsche, the Porsche car company became known worldwide as a producer of successful sports and racing cars. Several years earlier, in 1934, Porsche worked with father Ferdinand Porsche on the first designs of the Volkswagen car.
1909-1998
1806-1869
Washington Roebling was an engineer and a notable victim of the Titanic disaster.
1881-1912
Former Apple Computers Inc. CEO John Sculley famously clashed with Steve Jobs, leading to Jobs's departure from the company he helped found.
1939-
Igor Sikorsky was a Russian aeronautics engineer and inventor known for crafting the first four-engine plane and the first working helicopter.
1889-1972
1781-1848
1856-1943
Wernher von Braun was a German engineer who worked on rocket technology, first for Germany and then for the United States.
1912-1977
Steve Wozniak is an American computer scientist best known as one of the founders of Apple and the inventor of the Apple II computer.
1950-
Neil Young is one of the most influential songwriters and guitarists of his generation, known for writing and recording such time-transcending songs as "Old Man," "Harvest Moon" and "Heart of Gold."
1945-
Liang Zhuge was an adviser to Liu Bei and subsequent ruler of the Shu-Han dynasty in China.
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