John Rogers

male, deceased (1904)
John Rogers (1829-1904) was an American sculptor. He was born in Salem, Mass., and began life as a machinist and draftsman. After an artistic...

William Mason

male
William Mason was a machinist and inventor working for Samuel Colt. Mason patented 125 inventions for firearm manufacturing machinery, steam pumps,...
Jamie Hyneman

Jamie Hyneman

male, 53 years old
James Earl Hyneman (born September 25, 1956), known as Jamie Hyneman, is an American visual effects expert, best known for being the co-host of the...
Eric Flint

Eric Flint

male, 62 years old
Eric Flint (born California, USA, 1947) is an American science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy author and editor. Some of his main works...
Alfred Vail

Alfred Vail

male, deceased (1859)
Alfred Lewis Vail was a machinist and inventor. Vail was central, with Samuel F.B. Morse, in developing and commercializing the telegraph between...
Thomas Cooke

Thomas Cooke

male, deceased (1868)
Thomas Cooke (March 8, 1807 - October 19, 1868) was a British instrument maker.
David J. Gingery

David J. Gingery

male
David J. Gingery was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. Gingery is most famous...
John Kruesi

John Kruesi

male, deceased (1899)
John Kruesi (May 15 1843 - February 22 1899) was a Swiss born master machinist and close associate of Thomas Edison. Kruesi had been apprenticed...
Elisha K. Root

Elisha K. Root

deceased (1865)
Elisha K. Root (born Ludlow, Massachusetts 1808 - died 1865) was a Connecticut machinist and inventor who perfected the Lincoln Miller milling...
Tim Buck

Tim Buck

male, deceased (1973)
Timothy (Tim) Buck was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (known from the 1940s until the late 1950s as the Labour Progressive...