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Engineer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as engineer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
b. May 13, 1974
Cypherpunk
Contemporary era
John Gilmore
b. 1955
Cypherpunk co-founder and internet activist
Contemporary era
Len Sassaman
April 9, 1980 – July 3, 2011
US computer systems engineer
Contemporary era
Chamath Palihapitiya
b. September 3, 1976
Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American businessman and CEO of Social Capital
Contemporary era
John McAfee
September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
Contemporary era
Miguel Díaz-Canel
b. April 20, 1960
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
Contemporary era
Mostafa Madbouly
b. April 28, 1966
Prime minister of Egypt since 2018
Contemporary era
Nizar Amidi
b. February 8, 1968
Iraqi politician
Contemporary era
Mohamed Muizzu
b. June 15, 1978
8th President of the Maldives since 2023
Contemporary era
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
b. November 29, 1955
Somali removal of president
Contemporary era
Sarra Zaafrani
b. January 26, 1963
Tunisian engineer, senior civil servant and politician (born 1963)
Contemporary era
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
b. July 24, 1957
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Contemporary era
Pandeli Majko
b. November 15, 1967
Albanian politician
Modern era
José Eduardo dos Santos
August 28, 1942 – July 8, 2022
President of Angola from 1979 to 2017
Contemporary era
Robert Kocharyan
b. August 31, 1954
Former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia
Modern era
Artur Rasizade
b. February 26, 1935
6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Contemporary era
Andrei Kobyakow
b. November 21, 1960
8th Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus
Contemporary era
Mikhail Myasnikovich
b. May 6, 1950
Chairman of the ECC Board
Contemporary era
Rosen Plevneliev
b. May 14, 1964
Bulgarian politician
Contemporary era
Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge
b. August 4, 1977
Politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Contemporary era
Mohamed Morsi
August 8, 1951 – June 17, 2019
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Contemporary era
Ibrahim Mahlab
b. April 12, 1949
Egyptian politician; prime minister (2014-2015)
Contemporary era
Hesham Qandil
b. September 17, 1962
Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Contemporary era
Miguel Abia Biteo
January 11, 1961 – December 6, 2012
Equatorial Guinean politician (1961-2012)
Contemporary era
Juha Sipilä
b. April 25, 1961
44th Prime Minister of Finland
Contemporary era
Élisabeth Borne
b. April 18, 1961
Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024
Modern era
B. J. Habibie
June 25, 1936 – September 11, 2019
3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia (1998)
Contemporary era
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
b. October 28, 1956
6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
Contemporary era
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
b. March 11, 1958
72nd prime minister of Iraq
Contemporary era
Haider Al-Abadi
b. April 25, 1952
Prime Minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2018
Contemporary era
Amadou Gon Coulibaly
February 10, 1959 – July 8, 2020
Ivorian politician (1959–2020)
Modern era
Andris Bērziņš
b. December 10, 1944
Eighth president of Latvia (born 1944)
Contemporary era
Hassan Diab
b. June 1, 1959
Lebanese engineer, academic and minister of higher education
Contemporary era
Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
b. March 17, 1961
15th Prime Minister of Mauritania
Contemporary era
Yahya Ould Hademine
b. December 31, 1953
Mauritanian politician
Contemporary era
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
b. December 12, 1957
Mauritanian Prime Minister
Modern era
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
December 5, 1927 – October 13, 2016
Former King of Thailand (1927–2016)
Modern era
Boris Yeltsin
February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007
Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
Early Modern era
Leonardo da Vinci
April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
Renaissance polymath — painter of the Mona Lisa, engineer, and anatomist
Modern era
Thomas Edison
February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
Prolific American inventor of the phonograph and practical electric light
Early Modern era
Andre-Marie Ampere
January 20, 1775 – June 10, 1836
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
Modern era
Wilhelm Rontgen
March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
German physicist (1845–1923)
Modern era
Henri Becquerel
December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908
French physicist (1852–1908)
Modern era
J. Robert Oppenheimer
April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
Modern era
Fritz Haber
December 9, 1868 – January 29, 1934
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
Medieval era
Johannes Gutenberg
1400 – February 3, 1468
Inventor of movable-type printing, the engine of the modern mind
Early Modern era
James Watt
January 19, 1736 – August 25, 1819
British engineer (1736–1819)
Modern era
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
April 9, 1806 – September 15, 1859
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
Early Modern era
Eli Whitney
December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825
American inventor (1765-1825)
Modern era
Guglielmo Marconi
April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937
Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)
Modern era
Karl Benz
November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)
Modern era
Rudolf Diesel
March 18, 1858 – September 30, 1913
German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)
Medieval era
Filippo Brunelleschi
1377 – April 15, 1446
Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Early Modern era
Francis Drake
July 13, 1540 – January 28, 1596
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
Modern era
Valentina Tereshkova
b. March 6, 1937
Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
Modern era
Soichiro Honda
November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991
Japanese engineer and industrialist
Modern era
Akio Morita
January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999
Japanese businessman (1921-1999)
Contemporary era
Elon Musk
b. June 28, 1971
American businessman (born 1971)
Contemporary era
Larry Page
b. March 26, 1973
American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
Modern era
Ratan Tata
December 28, 1937 – October 9, 2024
Indian industrialist (1937–2024)