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Born May 22, 1783 • England
Died December 4, 1850 (aged 67) • England
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British engineer and inventor
Godfrey N. Hounsfield, 1979.
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
British engineer
John Ambrose Fleming.
Sir John Ambrose Fleming
British engineer
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Sir Frederic Williams
British engineer
Edward Weston
Edward Weston
British-born American engineer and industrialist
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Konrad Zuse
German engineer
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Lisa Su
Taiwanese-born American engineer and business executive
Reginald A. Fessenden.
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
Canadian scientist
Armstrong, Edwin H.
Edwin H. Armstrong
American inventor
Charles Steinmetz.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
American engineer
Zworykin, Vladimir
Vladimir Zworykin
American engineer and inventor
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Jack Kilby
American engineer
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Steve Wozniak
American electronics engineer
Aleksandr Popov, detail of a painting by P.D. Korin
Aleksandr Popov
Russian engineer
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Martin Cooper
American engineer
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Harold Rosen
American engineer
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Robert Kahn
American computer scientist
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Jay Wright Forrester
American engineer
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Robert H. Dennard
American engineer
Werner von Siemens, drawing by Ismael Gentz, 1887
Werner von Siemens
German electrical engineer