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Jack Kilby
American 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
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Ed Yost
American engineer
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Herbert Seymour Saffir
American structural engineer
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Sir Christopher Cockerell
British inventor
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Robert Moog
American electrical engineer
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
Black and white portrait of Francois Hennebique, inventor of the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete.
François Hennebique
French engineer
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