- Howard Mechanic
Howard Lawrence Mechanic was an undergraduate student at Washington University in St. Louis who went into hiding for 28 years after being accused of throwing a cherry bomb into the university's ROTC building during a Vietman War protests in May 1970. Mechanic denies throwing the bomb. No one was injured, but Mechanic was charged under the Civil Obedience Act of 1968 and sentenced to five years in prison. - Ross Brawn
Dr Ross Brawn is a British engineer, best known for his role as the technical director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor, from 1996 to 2006. His biggest role has often been perceived to be planning and executing the team's race strategies, which have often allowed Michael Schumacher to take surprising wins. Brawn was born November 23, 1954 in Manchester, Lancashire, England and attended Reading School in Reading, Berkshire, England. - Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler is a Golden Globe Award-winning actor, director, producer and author who is most famous for his role as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom "Happy Days" (1974–1984). Winkler gained national fame for his auto mechanic-greaser role as "The Fonz", starting out as a minor character at the show's beginning but having top billing by the time the show ended. - Charles Fey
Charles Fey (February 2, 1862-November 10, 1944) was a San Francisco mechanic who is best-known for inventing the slot machine. - Douglas Corrigan
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (January 22, 1907-December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. In 1938, after a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, even though he was supposed to be returning to Long Beach. He claimed that his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, … - Charles Kettering
Charles Franklin Kettering, also known as "Boss" Kettering, was born in Loudonville, Ohio, USA the fourth of five children of Jacob Kettering and Martha Hunter Kettering. He was a farmer, school teacher, mechanic, engineer, scientist, inventor and social philosopher. He had poor eyesight, but acquired an electrical engineering degree from Ohio State University in 1904. While attending Ohio State University he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. - Jeremy Sivits
Jeremy C. Sivits (born 1979 or 1980) is a former U.S. Army reservist, one of several soldiers charged and convicted by the U.S. Army in connection with the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was a member of the 372nd Military Police Company during this time. - Om Puri
Om Puri, OBE (Honorary) (born October 18, 1950 in Ambala, Haryana, India) is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Bollywood films as well as art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. He was also an alumnus of the 1973 batch of National School of Drama where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student. - Pat Buttram
Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram (born June 19, 1915 in Addison, Alabama, died January 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, California (kidney failure) was an American actor, famous for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry. He had a distinctive voice which, in his own words, "... never quite made it through puberty. It has been described as sounding like a handful of gravel thrown in a Mix-Master." - Art Arfons
Art Arfons (born February 3, 1926 in Akron, Ohio) was the world land speed record holder three times in 1964 - 1965 with his "Green Monster" series of jet-powered cars, after a series of "Green Monster" piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters. He subsequently went on to field a succession of "Green Monster" turbine-engined pulling tractors, before returning to land speed record racing. - Ramón Sampedro
Ramón Sampedro was a ship mechanic from Galicia, Spain who was paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of 25 and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years. His argument hinged on the fact that he was sure of his decision to die. However, due to his paralysis, he was physically unable to commit suicide. He argued that suicide was a right and that he was being denied that right. He sought legal advice concerning his right to an assisted suicide, … - Dick Scobee
Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during launch of the STS-51-L mission. Born in Cle Elum, Washington, Scobee enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1957, where he served as a reciprocating engine mechanic at Kelly Air Force Base in Texas. - Liana White
Liana White is a 29-year old Canadian woman who was missing since July 11, 2005. On July 17, her body was found. White, who is from the Edmonton, Alberta neighbourhood of Castledowns, was last seen in the morning on her way to work as a medical clerk. She may have been wearing scrubs. Her brown 1991 Ford Explorer was found abandoned at 7:22 A.M. MST with the driver's side door open in a park about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from her house. - Kenny Howard
Kenneth Graeme Howard (September 7, 1929-September 19,1992), also known as Dutch, Von Dutch or J.L. Bachs (Joe Lunch Box), was a motorcycle mechanic, eccentric, artist, pinstriper, metal fabricator, knifemaker, and gunsmith. His father, Wally Howard, was a well-respected Los Angeles sign painter and by the age of ten, the young Kenny Howard was able to paint and letter at a professional level. - Sewall K. Crocker
Sewall K. Crocker (b. circa 1881 in State of Washington; d. April 22, 1913 in State of Washington) was a former bicycle racer, who became the mechanic and co-driver who participated in the first cross-country automobile trip in 1903 with Horatio Nelson Jackson. He also may have convinced Jackson to use a Winton vehicle for the trip. The drive from coast to coast was financed by Jackson, using about $8,000 of his wife's money. - Roy Brocksmith
Roy Brocksmith (September 15 1945 - December 16 2001) was an American actor. Brocksmith was born in Quincy, Illinois to Vera Marguerite Hartwig and Otis E. Brocksmith, a mechanic. He graduated from Quincy University in 1970. He then moved to New York City where he began a career on Broadway, including playing the balladeer in the revival of Threepenny Opera, starring Raul Julia. Brocksmith's nerdy, pudgy appearance made him perfect for comic roles, … - Marshall Taylor
Marshall Walter ("Major") Taylor (November 26 1878-June 21 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899, 1900, and 1901. Taylor was the second black world champion in any sport, after boxer George Dixon. The Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis, Indiana and a bicycle trail in Chicago are named in his honor. On July 24, 2006 the city of Worcester changed the name of part of Worcester Center Boulevard to Major Taylor Boulevard. - Amos Bronson Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799 - March 4, 1888) was an American teacher and writer. He is remembered for founding a short-lived and unconventional school as well as a utopian community known as "Fruitlands", and for his association with Transcendentalism. - Toby Moody
Toby Moody is the worldwide voice of the MotoGP series on Eurosport TV. Going into 2007 will be his 12th season as trackside TV commentator for the MotoGP series. Many American racing fans would know him as the man who provided nightly, half-hour reports from the Dakar Rally for SPEED Channel during the month of January. In 2005, Outdoor Life Network picked up the American broadcasting rights to the event, but they opted for an American host. - Sidney Frank
Frank's first big success with his own company was with Jacques Cardin brandy, a brand he purchased from Seagram in 1979 . In the 1980s , he obtained importing rights to Jägermeister and promoted it heavily, advertising it as the best drink in the world, turning a specialty brand into a mainstream success. In 1997 , he introduced Grey Goose vodka, made in France, and was so successful in promoting it that he sold the brand to Bacardi for $2 billion in June 2004 . - Rose Abdoo
Rose M. Abdoo (born 1962) is an American actress, known for her roles as Spanish teacher Ms. Rodriguez on "That's So Raven", and Stars Hollow's local mechanic Gypsy on "Gilmore Girls". Her career began in Chicago, where she performed at various improvisational theaters, including the Improv Institute and The Second City. - Thomas Dawes
Thomas Dawes (August 5, 1731 - January 2, 1809) was a Patriot who served as a colonel during the American Revolution and afterward assumed prominent positions in Massachusetts's government. His positions included state councillor, member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and representative in both the House and Senate. Dawes was born in Boston, 1731. Prior to the Revolution, he attended a regular school and worked as a mechanic. - Clessie Cummins
Clessie Lyle Cummins was born on December 27, 1888 and was the founder of the Cummins Engine Co. He was an entrepreneur who improved on existing diesel engines, created new diesel engine designs, was awarded 33 United States patents for his inventions, and set five world records for endurance and speed for trucks, buses and race cars. Cummins began his career as a rural Indiana farm boy, and had no formal higher education beyond the eighth grade. - Ross Winans
Ross Winans (1796-1877) was an American inventor, mechanic, and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He is also noted for design of pioneering cigar-hulled ships. Winans was one of the United States' first multi-millionaires, and was related to James McNeill Whistler through marriage (Whistler's brother George married Winans' daughter Julia). - Johnny April
Johnny "Old School" April (born March 27, 1965), is the bassist for the Alternative Metal/Hard Rock band Staind. He is one of the original members of the band and has performed on every Staind album since "Tormented". In addition to bass, he usually performs backing vocals when Staind is in concert. April was born in Enfield, Connecticut, where he worked as a mechanic and cook before joining Staind. - Steve Christian
Steven Raymond Christian (born June 26, 1951, Pitcairn Island) was the Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands, a British dependency in the Pacific Ocean, from 7 December 1999 to 30 October 2004. As such, he was the local head of government of what is the smallest generally recognized country in the world with regard to population, as the Pitcairn Islands have a total population of only 45, as of December 2005. He also acts as the island's supervising engineer/mechanic, … - Jacob Philadelphia
Jacob Philadelphia is believed to have been born on August 14, 1735 and given the name Jacob Meyer. His date of death is believed to have been in 1795. He was a Jewish magician, physicist, mechanic, juggler, astrologer, alchemist, and Kabbalist. Dr. Christopher Witt, the associate of Johannes Kelpius, was chiefly responsible for his education. Meyer's patron in England was Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, for whom he performed astrology, magic, … - Yasuyuki Kazama
is a drifting driver from Japan. Kazama was first introduced to drifting at age 17 when he watched Gengo-San, who later became his spotter and mentor, drifting on a touge. As soon as he got his driving licence he began drifting in his Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 with the proceeds of his job in a filling station. He later escaped death when his car slid down underneath a crash barrier and fell 30ft down the mountain. He would later make a name for himself in drifting contests, … - Ivan Kulibin
Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (April 21 1735 - August 11 1818) was a Russian mechanic and inventor. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of a trader. Since his childhood, Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools. Soon, clock mechanisms became a special interest of his. During 1764-1767 he built an egg shaped clock, containing a complex automatic mechanism. In 1769 Kulibin gifted this clock to Catherine II, … - Charles Brooks Jr.
Charles Brooks Jr. was a convicted murderer who was the first person executed by lethal injection in the United States. It was the first execution in Texas since 1964. Brooks was raised in a well-off Fort Worth family and attended I.M. Terrell High School, where he played football. He had been to prison before, serving time at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth for illegal possession of firearms. - Oskar Barnack
Oskar Barnack was a German precision mechanic. Between 1913 and 1914 he was head of development of the camera company Leitz in Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany. He was the driving force behind the making of the first mass-marketed 35mm camera. The onset of World War I kept the first Leica from being manufactured until 1924, and it was not introduced to the public until 1925. Leica stood for Leitz Camera. - Johann Puch
Johann Puch (b. June 27 1862 in Juršinci (German "Georgendorf"), close to Ptuj (German "Pettau") - d. July 19 1914 in Zagreb (German "Agram")), was a Slovene inventor, mechanic who went on to become a very significant vehicle producer in Europe. He completed special training as a locksmith - his only formal education - and lived and worked most of his younger life in multi-national Styria, then part of Austria-Hungary. - Peter Kürten
Peter Kürten May 26, 1883-July 2, 1931 was a German serial killer dubbed The Vampire of Düsseldorf by the contemporary media. He committed a series of sex crimes, assaults and murders against adults and children, most notoriously from February to November 1929 in Düsseldorf. - Dave Halliday
David "Dave" Halliday was a Scottish football player and manager. Halliday was born in Dumfries and had trained as a mechanic before joining his local side Queen of the South in 1919. He soon moved to St Mirren and then to Dundee in 1921. There he became one of the most prolific centre forwards, finishing as Scottish top scorer in 1923-24 with 38 goals. With Dundee he reached the Scottish Cup final in 1924-25, … - Johann Georg Halske
The master mechanic Johann Georg Halske, born on July 30, 1814 in Hamburg, started his own workshop in Berlin in 1844, which he ran together with his partner F. M. Böttcher. In 1847 Halske founded the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction Company together with Werner von Siemens. Halske was particularly involved in the construction and design of electrical equipment such as the press which enabled wires to be insulated with a seamless coat of gutta-percha, … - Paul Reaney
Paul Reaney (born October 22 1944 in Fulham, London) was a long-serving full back with the hugely successful Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. Reaney wore the No.2 shirt for Leeds with distinction and, in a team renowned for its hard approach to the game, with admirably little trouble caused over an impressive 15 year period. He moved to West Yorkshire from London as a child and left school at 15. - Johannes Hentschel
Johannes Hentschel was a German master electro-mechanic for German dictator Adolf Hitler's apartments in the Old Chancellery. Born in Berlin, Hentschel was hired on 4 July 1934. During the last days of the Third Reich, he was responsible for the machine room in the Führerbunker and became one of the last to leave it, as the field hospital in the Chancellery above needed power. He was captured by the Red Army as they entered the bunker and was released four years later, … - Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott (December 2, 1883-September 28, 1912) was the first enlisted member of the United States armed forces to lose his life in an aircraft accident. Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, knowledge of Corporal Scott's life begins with being orphaned in 1889 after his parents died in the Johnstown Flood; he was henceforth raised by an aunt. - Malcolm Oastler
Malcolm Oastler (Born April 24, 1959) is the former technical director of Formula One team BAR, former chief engineer for Jaguar Racing, and designer of many race cars. Oastler was born in Sydney, Australia. A keen motorsport enthusiast and driver from a young age, he earned a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the New South Wales University of Technology. Oastler embarked on a driving career in the early 1980s, … - Rudy Chapa
(Rodolfo) "Rudy" Chapa (born 1957) is a Mexican-American businessman who had a successful school career as a runner. Chapa was born November 7, 1957 into humble circumstances in Hammond, Indiana. He is the son of Mexican immigrants. His father Rodolfo Sr. came to the USA as a mechanic through the Bracero program.
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