Engineers & technologists

Engineers, computer scientists and inventors. 5,921 people.

1Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)🇩🇪 DEU1879–19552Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)1452–15193George WashingtonFounding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)🇺🇸 USA1732–17994Galileo GalileiItalian polymath (1564–1642)1564–16425Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor and businessman (1847–1931)🇺🇸 USA1847–19316ArchimedesGreek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)286 BCE–211 BCE7Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)1451–15068Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)🇺🇸 USAborn 19559Jimmy Walesco-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)🇬🇧 GBRborn 196610Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)🇺🇸 USA1955–201111Thomas JeffersonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)🇺🇸 USA1743–182612Nikola TeslaSerbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)🇭🇺 HUN1856–194313Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)🇺🇸 USA1901–196614Henry FordAmerican business magnate (1863–1947)🇺🇸 USA1863–194715Elon MuskAmerican businessman (born 1971)🇨🇦 CANborn 197116Alfred NobelSwedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)🇸🇪 SWE1833–189617Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)1707–178318Alan TuringEnglish computer scientist (1912–1954)🇬🇧 GBR1912–195419Johannes KeplerGerman mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)1572–163020Johannes GutenbergGerman inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)1400–146821Michael FaradayBritish scientist (1791–1867)1791–186722Osama bin Ladenfounder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)🇸🇦 SAU1957–201123Enrico FermiItalian–American physicist (1901–1954)🇺🇸 USA1901–195424Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench writer and aviator (1900–1944)🇫🇷 FRA1900–194425Mark ZuckerbergAmerican Internet entrepreneur🇺🇸 USAborn 198426Herbert Hooverpresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)🇺🇸 USA1874–196427Tim Berners-LeeEnglish computer scientist (born 1955)🇬🇧 GBRborn 195528James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist (1831–1879)1831–187929Alexander Graham BellCanadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)🇺🇸 USA1847–192230Boris YeltsinSoviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007) SUN1931–200731Jacques CartierBreton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)1492–155732James WattBritish engineer (1736–1819)1736–181933Wilhelm RöntgenGerman physicist (1845–1923)1845–192334Richard FeynmanAmerican theoretical physicist (1918–1988)🇺🇸 USA1918–198835Yasser ArafatPalestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)🇵🇸 PSE1929–200436Linus TorvaldsFinnish software engineer (born 1969)🇺🇸 USAborn 196937Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker (1898–1948) SUN1898–194838Mahmoud Ahmadinejad6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013🇮🇷 IRNborn 195639L. L. ZamenhofPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)1859–191740Richard StallmanAmerican software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project🇺🇸 USAborn 195341Leonid BrezhnevGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982) SUN1906–198242Alexander FlemingScottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)🇬🇧 GBR1881–195543Ada LovelaceEnglish mathematician (1815–1852)1815–185244Valentina TereshkovaRussian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937) SUNborn 193745Henri PoincaréFrench mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)🇫🇷 FRA1854–191246Guglielmo MarconiItalian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)1874–193747J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist (1904–1967)🇺🇸 USA1904–196748Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)🇬🇧 GBR1917–200849Robert KochGerman physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)1843–191050Paul DiracBritish theoretical physicist (1902–1984)🇬🇧 GBR1902–198451Joko Widodo7th President of the Republic of Indonesia🇮🇩 IDNborn 196152Hu Jintaoformer General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party🇨🇳 CHNborn 194253John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)🇭🇺 HUN1903–195754Francis DrakeEnglish sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)1540–159655André-Marie AmpèreFrench physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)🇫🇷 FRA1775–183656Christiaan HuygensDutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)1629–169557James CameronCanadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)🇨🇦 CANborn 195458Viktor YanukovychPresident of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 SUNborn 195059Edward SnowdenAmerican whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)🇷🇺 RUSborn 198360Mohamed Morsipresident of Egypt from 2012 to 2013🇪🇬 EGY1951–2019