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Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
Portrait of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, shown in formal 18th-century attire with a white wig and ruffled cravat, looking slightly to his left.
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles and holds up a white iPhone 4, displaying its home screen, while wearing a black turtleneck and glasses.
Steve Jobs
American businessman
Black and white portrait drawing of Louis Vuitton, shown with wavy hair, a mustache, and dressed in a suit and bow tie.
Louis Vuitton
French box maker and entrepreneur
Robert Owen
Robert Owen
British social reformer
American industrialist and inventor of the Pullman sleeping car George M. Pullman
George M. Pullman
American industrialist and inventor
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist
James Watt
James Watt
Scottish instrument maker and inventor
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
Italian automobile manufacturer
Walter P. Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
American engineer and automobile manufacturer
Howard Hughes, wearing a flight suit and goggles, sits in the cockpit of an airplane, looking toward the camera.
Howard Hughes
American manufacturer, aviator, and film producer
James B. Eads
James B. Eads
American engineer
Portrait of Daymond John during a television studio appearance, wearing a blazer and looking off-camera.
Daymond John
American entrepreneur and investor
Bill Gates smiling and wearing glasses, a dark suit, a pale shirt, and a patterned tie.
Bill Gates
American computer programmer and entrepreneur
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
American inventor and manufacturer
Jean-Joseph Étienne Lenoir
(Jean-Joseph-) Étienne Lenoir
Belgian inventor
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick
American industrialist and inventor
Oliver Evans.
Oliver Evans
American inventor

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