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Born 1425? • Germany
Died 1502 • Mainz • Germany
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg
German printer
Senefelder, detail of a lithograph by S. Freeman, after a portrait by L. Quaglio, 1818
Alois Senefelder
German lithographer
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François-Ambroise Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
Coster, Laurens Janszoon
Laurens Janszoon Coster
Dutch printer and inventor
George Baxter, detail of a pencil drawing by an unknown artist
George Baxter
English engraver and printer
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Thomas Jackson Rodman
American inventor
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Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun
German engineer
Charles Steinmetz.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
American engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer
Portrait of Dr. Felix Wankel, wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking at the camera.
Felix Wankel
German inventor
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Hermann Oberth
German scientist
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Johann Philipp Reis
German physicist
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer