Edward Thompson

male, deceased (1949)
Edward Thompson (1881-1949) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946.
Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Bulleid

male, deceased (1970)
Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid (19 September 1882 - 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical...
Samuel Bentham

Samuel Bentham

male, deceased (1831)
Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 in England - 31 May 1831 in London, England) was a noted English mechanical engineer credited with numerous...
John Ericsson

John Ericsson

male, deceased (1889)
John Ericsson was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sw...
John Smeaton

John Smeaton

male, deceased (1792)
John Smeaton, <small>FRS</small>, (June 8, 1724 - October 28, 1792) was a civil engineer - often regarded as the "father of civil engineering" -...
Daniel Gooch

Daniel Gooch

male, deceased (1889)
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (August 24 1816 - October 15 1889) was first chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864...
Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla

female, deceased (2003)
Kalpana Chawla (Punjabi:ਕਲਪਨਾ ਚਾਵਲਾ) (7 March 1962 – 1 February 2003), was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specia...
Linus Yale Jr.

Linus Yale Jr.

male, deceased (1868)
Linus Yale, Jr. (14 April 1821 - 25 December 1868) was an American mechanical engineer and manufacturer, best known for his inventions of locks,...

George Hughes

male, deceased (1945)
George Hughes (9 October 1865 - 27 October 1945) was a locomotive engineer, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish...
Willis Carrier

Willis Carrier

male, deceased (1950)
Willis Haviland Carrier was an engineer and inventor, and is known as the man who invented modern air conditioning.