Inventors & Engineers
Builders of the tools that changed everything.
records written
Modern era
Dorothy Vaughan
September 20, 1910 – November 10, 2008
African-American mathematician
Modern era
Mary Jackson
April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005
American mathematician and aerospace engineer
Douglas Adams
American environmental engineer
Modern era
Gustave Eiffel
December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
Modern era
Buckminster Fuller
July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)
Modern era
Jacques Offenbach
June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
Modern era
Heinrich Schliemann
January 6, 1822 – December 26, 1890
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
Modern era
Jacques Piccard
July 28, 1922 – November 1, 2008
Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008)
Modern era
Guion Bluford
b. November 22, 1942
American astronaut (born 1942)
Contemporary era
Kalpana Chawla
March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003
American astronaut
Modern era
John Brown
May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859
American abolitionist
Contemporary era
Erin Brockovich
b. June 22, 1960
American environmental activist
Modern era
Sergei Eisenstein
January 10, 1898 – February 11, 1948
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
Modern era
Joan Crawford
March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977
American actress (1908–1977)