FAMOUS ENGINEERS
All of the people listed below made a significant contribution (directly or indirectly) to the applied science of engineering.
Famous Engineer Date Achievements
1 Edwin H. Armstrong 1890-1954 Superhetrodyne receiver and FM radio
2 Sir Benjamin Baker 1840-1907 Forth Bridge
3 William H. Barlow 1812-1902 2nd Tay Bridge
4 Werner von Braun 1912-1977 Rocketry
5 James Brindley 1716-1762 Canal Engineer
6 I.K. Brunel 1806-1859 Railway Engineer, Steamship pioneer
7 M.K. Brunel 1767-1849 Civil Engineer, Thames tunnel, father of IK
8 Gotteib Daimler 1834-1900 High-speed IC engine
9 Abraham Darby 1677-1717 Production of pig iron
10 Lee De Forest 1873-1961 Triode valve
11 Rudolf Diesel 1859-1913 Diesel engine
12 John Presper Eckert 1919-1995 ENIAC and UNIVAC computers
13 Thomas Alva Edison 1837-1931 Phonograph, dc power supplies
14 Oscar Faber 1886-1956 Theory of plastic yield in concrete, Mulberry harbour, rebuilding of
House of Commons
15 Michael Faraday 1791-1867 Electo-magnetic induction
16 Sebastian de Ferranti 1864-1930 High voltage ac generation and transmission
17 John Ambrose Flemming 1849-1945 Rectifier
18 Henry Ford 1863-1947 Assembly line production
19 Sir John Fowler 1817-1898 Forth Bridge
20 William Jessop 1745-1814 Civil Engineer (Aberdeen Harbour)
21 Robert Fulton 1765-1815 Steamboats
22 Gulglielmo Marconi 1874-1937 Radio
23 Henry Maudslay 1771-1831 Machine tools, screw cutting lathe
24 William Murdock 1754-1839 Gas lighting
25 James Nasmyth 1808-1890 Steam Hammer
26 Thomas Newcomen 1663-1729 Atmospheric engine
27 Charles Parsons 1854-1931 Steam Turbine
28 Sir Joseph Paxton 1801-1965 Pre-fabricated buildings, Crystal Palace
29 Charles William Siemens 1823-1883 Electrical Engineering, telegraphy, dynamo design
30 Wernor von Siemens 1816-1892 Electrical Engineer
31 John Smeaton 1724-1792 Civil Engineer, lighthouses, windmills
32 George Stephenson 1781-1848 "Father of the railways"
33 Robert Stephenson 1803-1859 Civil Engineer, Britannia Bridge, Lighthouses etc
34 William Symington 1763-1831 "Charlotte Dundas" on the Clyde
35 John Rennie 1761-1821 Civil Engineer
36 Harry Ralph Ricardo Internal Combustion Engine
37 Osborne Reynolds 1843-1912 Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
38 Thomas Telford 1757-1834 Civil Engineer, bridges and canals
39 Nikola Tesla 1856-1943 AC induction motor
40 Richard Trevithick 1771-1833 Steam engines and locomotives
41 Leonardo Da Vinci 1492-1519 Dynamics, architecture, military engineering
42 Barnes Wallis 1887-1979 R100, Wellington bomber, bouncing bombs
43 Felix Wankel 1902-1988 Wankel Engine
44 Robert Alexander 1892-1973 Radar
Watson-Watt
45 James Watt 1736-1819 Steam Engine
46 George Westinghouse 1846-1914 Westinghouse brake, founder of Westinghouse Electric
47 Frank Whittle 1907-1996 Turbojet and turbofans
48 Joseph Whitworth 1803-1887 Uniform system of screw threads
49 Vladimir Kosma Zworykin 1889-1982 Iconoscope (TV), electro microscope
50 Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838-1917 Airships