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Born	August 23, 1924 • Tokyo • Japan
Died	2011 (aged 86)

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Fujishima Akira

Japanese chemist

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Herbert Seymour Saffir

American structural engineer

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Sir Christopher Cockerell

British inventor

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Ed Yost

American engineer

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Robert Moog

American electrical engineer

Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin

Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist

Sonam Wangchuk smailes as he poses for a photograph during the 40th Anniversary of Rolex Awards for Enterprise at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Sonam Wangchuk

Indian engineer and activist

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist

James B. Eads

James B. Eads

American engineer

R. Buckminster Fuller shown with a geodesic dome constructed as the U.S. pavilion at the American Exchange Exhibit, Moscow, 1959

R. Buckminster Fuller

American engineer, architect, and futurist

Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer

English inventor and engineer

Black and white portrait of a man in military dress.

Cyrus B. Comstock

Union army officer and engineer

William Mulholland

William Mulholland

American civil engineer

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Pakistani scientist

Auguste Piccard, 1961

Auguste Piccard

Swiss-Belgian physicist

Qian Xuesen

Qian Xuesen

Chinese scientist

Mary Golda Ross

Mary Golda Ross

Native American engineer

Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.

Richard Trevithick

British engineer and inventor

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Jack Kilby

American engineer