Robert Penn

male, 137 years old
Robert Penn was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the...
Marc Seguin

Marc Seguin

male, deceased (1875)
Marc Seguin was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the tubular steam-engine boiler. Born Annonay near Lyon, France...
Peter Tomich

Peter Tomich

male, deceased (1941)
Peter Tomich was an ethnic Croat born in Prolog near Ljubuški, Austria-Hungary, in what later became Bosnia and Herzegovina. During World War I he s...
George Herman Babcock

George Herman Babcock

male, deceased (1893)
George Herman Babcock (June 17, 1832 - December 16, 1893) was an American inventor. He co-invented an improved safety water tube steam boiler. In...

Lee Seung Seop

male, deceased (2005)
Lee Seung Seop was an industrial boiler repairman in Daegu, South Korea. On August 3, 2005, he achieved global notoriety when he visited a nearby...
Henry Miller Shreve

Henry Miller Shreve

male, deceased (1851)
Henry Miller Shreve was the American inventor and steamboat captain who opened the Mississippi, Ohio and Red rivers to steamboat navigation....
Donald A. Gary

Donald A. Gary

male, deceased (1977)
Commander Donald Arthur Gary (23 July 1901 - 1977) was an officer of the United States Navy during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor...
Vladimir Shukhov

Vladimir Shukhov

male, deceased (1939)
Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov, (February 2 1939) was a great Russian structural engineer and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new...
Joseph E. Vantine

Joseph E. Vantine

male, deceased (1904)
Joseph E. Vantine was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his acti...

Charles Kleinsmith

male, deceased (1942)
Charles Kleinsmith (28 September 1904 - 4 June 1942) was a petty officer in the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of...