Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

male, deceased (1977) (United States)
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23 1912 - June 16 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket...
John Carmack

John Carmack

male, 39 years old
John D. Carmack II (born August 20 1970) is a widely recognized figure in the video game industry. A prolific American programmer, Carmack...
Willy Ley

Willy Ley

male, deceased (1969)
Willy Ley (October 2 1906 - June 24 1969) was a science writer and space advocate who helped popularise rocketry and spaceflight in Germany and the...
William Congreve

William Congreve

male, deceased (1828)
Sir William Congreve (May 20, 1772-May 16, 1828), was an English inventor and rocket pioneer.
Walter Dornberger

Walter Dornberger

male, deceased (1980)
Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World Wars I and II. He was a leader of...
Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger

male, 95 years old
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger is an American atomic, electrical and rocket scientist born in Niederrimbach, Germany, on December 19, 1913. He earned his...
Frank Malina

Frank Malina

male
Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 in Brenham, Texas- November 9, 1981 in Boulogne Billancourt (France) was an American aeronautical engineer and...
Max Valier

Max Valier

male, deceased (1930)
Max Valier was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He helped found the German "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") that would bring t...
Arthur Rudolph

Arthur Rudolph

male, deceased (1996)
Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (9 November 1906 - 1 January 1996) was a rocket engineer for Nazi Germany who helped develop and produce the V-2 rocket....

William Hale

male, deceased (1870)
William Hale (1797-1870), was a British inventor and rocket pioneer.